Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oops, sorry everyone, I messed up. I have tried deleting my ~/.netscape/cookie file, but it reappeared a while later, just like the original. Where did it get that info from? Were you still running Netscape or had you exited when you deleted the file? Daniel
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Ah, that may be why. I was still running Netscape. In my mind, it shouldn't matter though... IE, AFAIK, doesn't work this way. On 03-Aug-99 Daniel Barclay wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oops, sorry everyone, I messed up. I have tried deleting my ~/.netscape/cookie file, but it reappeared a while later, just like the original. Where did it get that info from? Were you still running Netscape or had you exited when you deleted the file? --- Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canadianhomes.net/wim ICQ: 23284586
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 05:07:55PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: From: egm2@jps.net Netscape-smotif-4.08 is the only reliable version I've found. It's not reliable here. I don't seem to have the window-closing problem you all are talking about, but it still hangs (100% CPU, seemingly Java- related) and crashes. (On slink, glibc 2.0.7.) Try communicator-v461-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz from ../netscape/communicator/english/4.61/unix/supported/linux20_libc5/professional_edition ^ Get this file to /tmp, rename to communicator-v461-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0-glibcx.tar.gz And install package: netscape4 ( I use 4.0-15 on potato). You may need also some libraries like libc5, ... I have success :) Mirek
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
From: Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 It's the glibc from unstable. but i thought there were several posts from people claiming that it worked just fine for them and they were using glibc 2.1? And Netscape crashes all over glibc 2.0 too. Daniel
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
From: egm2@jps.net Netscape-smotif-4.08 is the only reliable version I've found. It's not reliable here. I don't seem to have the window-closing problem you all are talking about, but it still hangs (100% CPU, seemingly Java- related) and crashes. (On slink, glibc 2.0.7.) Daniel
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Marek Habersack wrote: * Philip Lehman said: I had that problem, the fix (for me at least) was deleteing my ~/.netscape Dunno why, but somthing get corupted. Hmmm... this is the first suggestion that has worked for me! i still get bus errors trying to login to dhs.org, but i haven't gotten it to crash on closing a window yet. I just tried that from a new user account and had no problems crashing I tried it as well but, alas, it helped only partially. The problem I have is as follows: 1. Open Netscape Navigator (not Communicator) 4.x and load any page which requires authentication. 2. Type your login and password and tap OK 3. Netscape closes the window and dissappears without ANY error message i can confirm this. especially when starting communicator (smotif-4.61, on recent potato with 2.2.10), opening messenger, getting connectet to mailserver (imap), downloading headers, just before mailfilter will apply to those new mails communicator just quits. and of course ther are all the other features like bus-errors, shutting all by closing one of it's windows, any problems about communicator we hear and write since some time . gerhard
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Netscape-smotif-4.08 is the only reliable version I've found. I too can confirm the $ rm ~/.netscape method of temporarily fixing netscape-4.61 hangs (or whatever). But the most successful fix at the moment is $ dpkg --remove nestcape-smotif-4.6.1. ;-) -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the POTATO (http://www.debian.org)!
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Adam Shand wrote: Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. i'm having this problem as well. it started when i upgraded to netscape 4.6. reverting to libc5 4.51 fixed it but when 4.61 came out with support for glibc2.1 i upgraded and i haven't been able to fix it since. i've tried un/stable 4.5, 4.51, 4.6 and 4.61 and they all break. all of my netscape windows disappear (sometimes) when i close a window or try to login to an site which requires authentication (pop up window style). i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 - xfree 3.3.1 (vmware 3.3.1 server) - windowmaker 0.60.0-2 - neomagic nmg5 if anyone has figured anything out i would love to know the solution. thanks, adam. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null I have found that the cookie file tends to loose new-lines for some of the entires and then when you attempt to access that site that has the line too long -- there goes netscape. Basicly what I mean is that you will get two sites (or more) that should each be on a seprate line in the cookie file, now on one line, when you try to access that site and netscape tries to send the cookie it has a fit and crashes. Try checking each and every line in the cookie file to make sure that you dont have more than one site listed for each line. I did this, and corrected the incorrect lines and Netscape has treated me alot better since. HTH, Gregg Berkholtz
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
I have found that the cookie file tends to loose new-lines for some of the entires and then when you attempt to access that site that has the line too long -- there goes netscape. Basicly what I mean is that you will get two sites (or more) that should each be on a seprate line in the cookie file, now on one line, when you try to access that site and netscape tries to send the cookie it has a fit and crashes. Try checking each and every line in the cookie file to make sure that you dont have more than one site listed for each line. I did this, and corrected the incorrect lines and Netscape has treated me alot better since. Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canadianhomes.net/wim ICQ: 23284586
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Oops, sorry everyone, I messed up. I have tried deleting my ~/.netscape/cookie file, but it reappeared a while later, just like the original. Where did it get that info from? I have had the problem in Netscape Mail before, where you collapse the toolbars, but they won't un-collapse. Deleting the ~/.netscape folder fixed that, though, until the next time. So, I've learnt NOT to touch the toolbars. I am also learning to NOT close windows, but either re-use them or minimize them for later use. I'm running potato with all the latests libraries, etc, but even with slink and different versions of Communicator I have had the same problem. scratching head I faintly recall Netscape crashing without clicking and exit/close button. On 23-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that the cookie file tends to loose new-lines for some of the entires and then when you attempt to access that site that has the line too long -- there goes netscape. Basicly what I mean is that you will get two sites (or more) that should each be on a seprate line in the cookie file, now on one line, when you try to access that site and netscape tries to send the cookie it has a fit and crashes. Try checking each and every line in the cookie file to make sure that you dont have more than one site listed for each line. I did this, and corrected the incorrect lines and Netscape has treated me alot better since. --- Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canadianhomes.net/wim ICQ: 23284586
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
* Philip Lehman said: I had that problem, the fix (for me at least) was deleteing my ~/.netscape Dunno why, but somthing get corupted. Hmmm... this is the first suggestion that has worked for me! i still get bus errors trying to login to dhs.org, but i haven't gotten it to crash on closing a window yet. I just tried that from a new user account and had no problems crashing I tried it as well but, alas, it helped only partially. The problem I have is as follows: 1. Open Netscape Navigator (not Communicator) 4.x and load any page which requires authentication. 2. Type your login and password and tap OK 3. Netscape closes the window and dissappears without ANY error message Now, after removing the ~/.netscape as suggested before, the above scenario doesn't happen anymore. Success! But only until I open ANOTHER Netscape window and try to log into some authenticated page again. After #2 above both windows shut down and vanish from the face of the earth. In my case the pages requiring authentication were the freshmeat.net lounge one and a local Roxen server configuration interface. marek pgp8aqHkxo4kW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. i'm having this problem as well. it started when i upgraded to netscape 4.6. reverting to libc5 4.51 fixed it but when 4.61 came out with support for glibc2.1 i upgraded and i haven't been able to fix it since. i've tried un/stable 4.5, 4.51, 4.6 and 4.61 and they all break. all of my netscape windows disappear (sometimes) when i close a window or try to login to an site which requires authentication (pop up window style). i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 - xfree 3.3.1 (vmware 3.3.1 server) - windowmaker 0.60.0-2 - neomagic nmg5 if anyone has figured anything out i would love to know the solution. thanks, adam.
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Original Message On 7/22/99, 9:56:55 PM, Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.: Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. i'm having this problem as well. it started when i upgraded to netscape 4.6. reverting to libc5 4.51 fixed it but when 4.61 came out with support for glibc2.1 i upgraded and i haven't been able to fix it since. i've tried un/stable 4.5, 4.51, 4.6 and 4.61 and they all break. all of my netscape windows disappear (sometimes) when i close a window or try to login to an site which requires authentication (pop up window style). i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 - xfree 3.3.1 (vmware 3.3.1 server) - windowmaker 0.60.0-2 - neomagic nmg5 if anyone has figured anything out i would love to know the solution. - 6x86 133mhz 64megs RAM - kernel 2.2.10-ac12 (seen this behavior ever since I switched to Potato, which means glibc2.1 and 2.2.x) - xfree86 3.3.3.1 - enlightenment 0.15.5 (seen that on wmaker 0.52 and up too (i think that was the version I was using)) I've not noticed this behavior on closing any window BUT a navigator window. The bug seems to be common to navigator and communicator 4.5+ (yes, I've seen this on 4.5 too). I used to think for some reason the main process receives the 'close signal' (I'm no a X programmer ;) twice and crashed due to that. From a different perspective, I'd say Netscape stuff version 4.5 and up still has trouble with glibc 2.1. Christian Lavoie [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 947212
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
- p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 - xfree 3.3.1 (vmware 3.3.1 server) sorry i'm dumb that would be 3.3.3.1. I've not noticed this behavior on closing any window BUT a navigator window. The bug seems to be common to navigator and communicator 4.5+ (yes, I've seen this on 4.5 too). I used to think for some reason the main process receives the 'close signal' (I'm no a X programmer ;) twice and crashed due to that. sorry i wasn't precise enough. any navigator menu is what i meant. well it looks like we can rule out the window manager (as far as i know window maker and enlightenment don't share any code) ... unless it's a generic 3.3.3.1 but it seems unlikely as there have been several differnet servers with problems. so it really does seem that it's a netscape and glibc 2.1 bug ... but then the question remains. why aren't some people having a problem hrrrm. adam.
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Adam Shand wrote: i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 It's the glibc from unstable. -- Philip Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. i'm having this problem as well. it started when i upgraded to netscape 4.6. reverting to libc5 4.51 fixed it but when 4.61 came out with support for glibc2.1 i upgraded and i haven't been able to fix it since. i've tried un/stable 4.5, 4.51, 4.6 and 4.61 and they all break. all of my netscape windows disappear (sometimes) when i close a window or try to login to an site which requires authentication (pop up window style). i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 - xfree 3.3.1 (vmware 3.3.1 server) - windowmaker 0.60.0-2 - neomagic nmg5 if anyone has figured anything out i would love to know the solution. - 6x86 133mhz 64megs RAM - kernel 2.2.10-ac12 (seen this behavior ever since I switched to Potato, which means glibc2.1 and 2.2.x) - xfree86 3.3.3.1 - enlightenment 0.15.5 (seen that on wmaker 0.52 and up too (i think that was the version I was using)) I've not noticed this behavior on closing any window BUT a navigator window. The bug seems to be common to navigator and communicator 4.5+ (yes, I've seen this on 4.5 too). I used to think for some reason the main process receives the 'close signal' (I'm no a X programmer ;) twice and crashed due to that. From a different perspective, I'd say Netscape stuff version 4.5 and up still has trouble with glibc 2.1. No need to go all the way up to potato and Netscape 4.6+, the same happens to me with a slink installation and Communicator 4.5. BTW, anyone knows why netscape creates a directory named after the user within the user's home dir? ie: /home/pepe/pepe Regards, -- Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valencia - ESPAÑA
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? - p2-266 128mb ram - kernel 2.2.9 - glibc 2.1.1-13 It's the glibc from unstable. but i thought there were several posts from people claiming that it worked just fine for them and they were using glibc 2.1? adam.
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
I had that problem, the fix (for me at least) was deleteing my ~/.netscape Dunno why, but somthing get corupted. -Matt- ---++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.state.me.us | The mind is not a vessel to be| Web Guru, Perl writer, | filled, it is a fire to be kindled | Windows basher, etc... |-Plutarch | *Debian GNU/Linux*|| ---++
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Adam Shand wrote: i was trying to find a pattern among the info people posted but couldn't really see one. did anyone else figure this out? It's the glibc from unstable. but i thought there were several posts from people claiming that it worked just fine for them and they were using glibc 2.1? I didn't follow this list lately, so I'm probably not up to date. However, this is the last explanation I remember and corresponds to my experience too. Right after moving to glibc 2.1, netscape started giving me those bus errors. I'm not running an all potato system, just slink with some unstable stuff thrown in and glibc seems to be the only relevant part in my case, but I may be overlooking something. This is a *royal* PITA. If you find out more, please post it. -- Philip Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Matt Kopishke wrote: I had that problem, the fix (for me at least) was deleteing my ~/.netscape Dunno why, but somthing get corupted. Hmmm... this is the first suggestion that has worked for me! i still get bus errors trying to login to dhs.org, but i haven't gotten it to crash on closing a window yet. It even seems safe to keep your old bookmark and cookie files...
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Brad wrote: On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Matt Kopishke wrote: I had that problem, the fix (for me at least) was deleteing my ~/.netscape Dunno why, but somthing get corupted. Hmmm... this is the first suggestion that has worked for me! i still get bus errors trying to login to dhs.org, but i haven't gotten it to crash on closing a window yet. I just tried that from a new user account and had no problems crashing it ;) I did change some basic settings after launching: refuse all cookies, use a proxy, disable javascript and java - and this was supposed to improve stability. Shouldn't make a difference, though. -- Philip Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
thomas lakofski wrote: Just to throw in some more controversy :-) I have always ran netscape glibc 2 versions. (with communicator 3.something, 4.5, .51 and .6) except maybe the communicator 3.something. I have never had a bus error, and I use netscape at least every day. BTW I am using glibc2.1 (was using potato and hamm before, though), SVGA X-server, and an S3 Virge card. I used to use a 1MB Cirrus card. (I have used both ISA and PCI versions) without trouble. frankie :-P On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier Netscapes. same thing happens to me with 4.51 and 4.08, both linked with glibc2. i think it's a glibc2.1 issue. anyone have libc5 debian packages for 4.08/51/6? It's not glibc2. Netscape 4.6 (Potato) runs fine, at least if you have a Cirrus CL-GD5446 (PCI), kernel 2.2.9 and plenty of RAM. Look for something else. And I don't think it's the window manager. At least, Netscape's okay on Enlightenment. Have you tried the SVGA X server (acceleration off)? Does XF86Setup find any parameters specific to your card? Have you upgraded XFree86 to glibc2? I don't think it's an XFree86 issue -- same things occur when running netscape over VNC. Blackbox is my window manager. All problems vanish when using libc5 version of communicator 4.08. Specific (repeatable) problems were: bus error when closing one window; bus error when using sites protected with basic auth; bus error when selecting menu item in large (50+ item) pop-up menus. None of these I've seen with the libc5 version. I'm running potato current as of a few days ago on a Libretto 100CT, SVGA server using Neomagic chipset, kernel 2.2.10, 64MB RAM. Everything's glibc2.1 that can be. -thomas .. Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! EF D8 33 68 B3 E3 E9 D2 C1 3E 51 22 8A AA 7B 98 umbra (!) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- ,-. Frankie |Drum'n'Bass tunes, samples and links. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk/ `-' smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier Netscapes. same thing happens to me with 4.51 and 4.08, both linked with glibc2. i think it's a glibc2.1 issue. anyone have libc5 debian packages for 4.08/51/6? It's not glibc2. Netscape 4.6 (Potato) runs fine, at least if you have a Cirrus CL-GD5446 (PCI), kernel 2.2.9 and plenty of RAM. Look for something else. And I don't think it's the window manager. At least, Netscape's okay on Enlightenment. Have you tried the SVGA X server (acceleration off)? Does XF86Setup find any parameters specific to your card? Have you upgraded XFree86 to glibc2?
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: i found 4.6.1 even more unstable than 4.08. at least i know that, if i don't close windows, 4.08 is unlikely to crash. 4.6 just died all the time. well, then it seems, that the poor glibc2.1 people should go to the libc5 version. Nope. This poor, underprivileged glibc2.1 person has cleared libc5 off his system and (so far) is happy as a lark. Netscape 4.6 is fine. Some people are having problems with several versions of Netscape. Some people. Several versions. But guys, there are a few installations of Netscape around, and this looks like a minority thing. Maybe you should be looking for a different cause. Or maybe, for you, you are right. If libc5 fixes your problem, terrific.
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier Netscapes. same thing happens to me with 4.51 and 4.08, both linked with glibc2. i think it's a glibc2.1 issue. anyone have libc5 debian packages for 4.08/51/6? It's not glibc2. Netscape 4.6 (Potato) runs fine, at least if you have a Cirrus CL-GD5446 (PCI), kernel 2.2.9 and plenty of RAM. Look for something else. And I don't think it's the window manager. At least, Netscape's okay on Enlightenment. Have you tried the SVGA X server (acceleration off)? Does XF86Setup find any parameters specific to your card? Have you upgraded XFree86 to glibc2? I don't think it's an XFree86 issue -- same things occur when running netscape over VNC. Blackbox is my window manager. All problems vanish when using libc5 version of communicator 4.08. Specific (repeatable) problems were: bus error when closing one window; bus error when using sites protected with basic auth; bus error when selecting menu item in large (50+ item) pop-up menus. None of these I've seen with the libc5 version. I'm running potato current as of a few days ago on a Libretto 100CT, SVGA server using Neomagic chipset, kernel 2.2.10, 64MB RAM. Everything's glibc2.1 that can be. -thomas .. Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! EF D8 33 68 B3 E3 E9 D2 C1 3E 51 22 8A AA 7B 98 umbra (!)
Netscape crashing -- a lot.
I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some advice on this, because it's annoying when a program crashes under Linux even more often than it crashes under Windows. Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. THE SCENARIO: P2 233, 64MB RAM, 128MB swap Debian potato (though the behavior was the same when I was still using slink) XFree86 3.3.3 using the Mach64 server (latest versions) Netscape 4.6, dynamically-linked (IIRC) motif. Have tried many different window managers, Gnome, and KDE, behavior is the same with all of them. If I start Netscape from an xterm, the error looks something like: pid bus error netscape Something of the sort. Any ideas? Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier Netscapes. Thanks for any help.
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier Netscapes. same thing happens to me with 4.51 and 4.08, both linked with glibc2. i think it's a glibc2.1 issue. anyone have libc5 debian packages for 4.08/51/6? -t .. Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! EF D8 33 68 B3 E3 E9 D2 C1 3E 51 22 8A AA 7B 98 umbra (!)
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Craig McPherson wrote: I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some advice on this, because it's annoying when a program crashes under Linux even more often than it crashes under Windows. since you´re using glibc2.1, the best way would be - imho - either to use the libc5 version together with oldlibs or to try the just released netscape 4.6.1 hafi
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:38:43AM +0200, Hartmut Figge wrote: Craig McPherson wrote: I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some advice on this, because it's annoying when a program crashes under Linux even more often than it crashes under Windows. since you´re using glibc2.1, the best way would be - imho - either to use the libc5 version together with oldlibs or to try the just released netscape 4.6.1 i found 4.6.1 even more unstable than 4.08. at least i know that, if i don't close windows, 4.08 is unlikely to crash. 4.6 just died all the time. -- alisdair mcdiarmid [it looks like we might have made it we might have made it to the end]
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
thomas lakofski wrote: On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: anyone have libc5 debian packages for 4.08/51/6? get the files from ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.08/english/unix/supported/linux20/ and use the debian installer. hafi
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: i found 4.6.1 even more unstable than 4.08. at least i know that, if i don't close windows, 4.08 is unlikely to crash. 4.6 just died all the time. well, then it seems, that the poor glibc2.1 people should go to the libc5 version. hafi
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Yea, use the 4.08 version of Netscape. You might also try with statically linked motif (it's a bit bigger, but avoids shared library probs). -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the A HREF=http://www.debian.org;POTATO/A!
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Craig McPherson wrote: I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some advice on this, because it's annoying when a program crashes under Linux even more often than it crashes under Windows. I'm having trouble with netscape too. I've tried several things to get around the problem, but I haven't been able to yet. I had upgraded to potato, and I thought that was my problem so I stepped back down to slink again. I'm still ahving problems though. I don't remember having this much trouble before my move to potato though. I've been installing the debianized netscape stuff though, whereas before I had a glibc copy of 4.51 that worked pretty good. I may be going back to that if I can't find out what's going on, and that's pretty hard because my problem is that my whole system locks up hard. I can't do anthing but shut off the power. Could java be the culprit? I'm gonna remove the netscape java stuff and see what happens... -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: Anyway, the problem is that Netscape is quite frequently crashing with a bus error. This usually happens when I close a Netscape window (actually, it happens close to half the time when I close a Netscape window), which is painful because I have to either live with an ever-growing number of pop-up ads or risk a crash. Netscape also crashes when I run very low on virtual memory, with the same error. I just came across something called 'nets' which claims to be a fix for some Linux Netscape problems: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/www/browsers/nets-2.0.tar.gz I'm having the same problem that you are. I haven't had a chance to try this yet, though. Greg --- With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. --RFC-1925
