On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:46:00 -0500, Glenn W. McCorkle wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:43:45 -0700, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> Hi Folks, >> I got A1.71 to lock up/crash repeatedly. Both on-line and off-line. >> It will probably be the fault of the particular web-page, but it will >> need someone more skilled than me o find the problem. >> Effects ranged from frozen screen requiring cold boot, to black >> screen proclaiming a message to the effect: Memory error loading font >> file - cannot load COMMAND.COM System halted, also requiring a cold >> boot. >> The web page is at: http://members.tripod.com/south.wind.kalyani/ >> Press F6 to look at the source, then do a few "/" searches through >> the FrontPage-generated, javascript-infested labrynth until she locks >> up. I was searching the page for "mid". >> These guys are using some of my music, so I was just checking them out. >> OK, so I have been trying to crash this Arachne, and now I can do it >> reliably. Not sure if I should be happy or irritated. :) >> Regards, >> Ron > Ok, > Bad news, medium news, good news. > Bad news..... > Bug confirmed. > I was able to duplicate exactly what Ron described. > Medium news...... > It's not a new bug. > I tracked it all the way back to the beginning of "search in page". > If you get this as an individual mesasage (not in the digest), you'll > see from the mailer line in the header that I'm using v1.40;final_beta > That's when F7 or / was first enabled for searching in the page. > (just crash her a few minutes ago with the procedure outlined by Ron) > Good news..... > I will begin searching the SRC code for the cause and cure to this bug. OK, Good news, bad news. Good news..... I found the cause. Bad news..... I am not going to spend even 1 more second trying to fix it. Over 4 hours is more than enough time to waste on such a STUPID person as the one who did THIS !!! ------ This is line #181 of the page in question. -------- <p align="center"> <!-- BEGIN THE I-LOVE-DOGS LINK CODE --> <!--mstheme--> </font><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=4 width=220> <tr> <td align=center> <!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><!--mstheme--> </font> <table bgcolor=#b4d0dc border=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr> <td> <!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><!--mstheme--> </font><table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%> <tr> <td bgcolor=#ecf8ff align=left nowrap><!--mstheme--> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align=center> <font face=Verdana size=2> <a href=http://www.i-love-dogs.com> <b>I-Love-Dogs</B></a><br> <font color=#6f6f6f>Directory of Dog Websites <br> & Tons of FREE Dog Stuff!<br> <a href=http://www.i-love-dogs.com>http://www.i-love-dogs.com</a> </font></font> <!--mstheme--></font></td></tr></table><!--mstheme--> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><!--mstheme--> </font></td></tr></table><!--mstheme--> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <!--mstheme--></font></td></tr></table><!--mstheme--> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <!-- END THE I-LOVE-DOGS LINK CODE --> _______________________________________________________________________ Yes, that's right.... *ALL* of that was on one line 1,108 characters long !!!!!!!! Here's the "quick-n-dirty fix"..... F4, F2 .... fixed. This does a line-wrap at the first `space' found past 541 characters. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
