At 5:13 AM -0700 on 4/12/01, Sidney Ho wrote: >Trying to apply the KISS principle here, the problems arising (gradually and >insidiously) when an application crashes, freezes, quits, etc. create >(usually to inevitably) a cumulative deleterious effect . . . > [stuff removed] > . . . [t]hese may be manifested only in certain applications or extend >system wide. If it is solely and always only constrained to the offending >application then you are very very very lucky. At MIT I learned an important diagnostic rule: If your diagnosis is only capable of accounting for the problem is you are very very very lucky, then your diagnosis is very very very likely to be wrong. I'll even concede that my system may be corrupted by the crashes (and no doubt will burn in eternal hellfire ;-) However, even after booting from a newly installed system (on another disk), the problem persists --- exactly the same problem: iCab pre-2.4 quits invariably if more than one page is open within 5 minutes of starting the browser. You can tell me to wipe the hard disk and re-install *everything*, everytime iCab crashes, but that's not going to address the problem if the problem is iCab itself --- which was my original question. At this point enough people have replied to me offlist who are having problems with 2.4 (but not 2.3) to suggest that it's a bug with iCab pre-2.4. >Seriously, I "cleanse" by rigorously executing the other posted suggestions. >YMMV but try it or its equivalents (depending on the browser). You might >also try: >--increasing application memory allocation in ram >--bumping cache memory allocation >--dumping iCab browser prefs at every startup Yes, I (and several others) tried all of these, plus: * Changing Inscript settings to diallow Javascript * Changing browser identity settings * Turning off live scrolling * Reducing the kinds of displayed objects to image and text * Increasing the number of allowed connections * Changing the display fonts * Eliminating the second monitor on my system Unfortunately, none of this made any notable difference, though it's true I didn't clean re-install the system after trying each one of these. I appreciate your taking the time to give such a complete description of the clean-up procedure, though. But you didn't mention the little dance! You DO perform the special voodoo dance after the cleansing, don't you Sidney? ;-) Regards, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
