Hidong Kim wrote:
> 
> Steve Philp wrote:
> >
> > Hidong Kim wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just upgraded two machines running Mandrake 5.3 to kernel 2.2.9.  One
> > > of the machines has a single p166 and is running a up kernel, and the
> > > other machine has dual pii 333s and is running an smp kernel.  I
> > > downloaded the netscape 4.6 tar.gz from the netscape site and installed
> > > in on both machines.  netscape 4.6 is running fine on the up machine,
> > > but it has serious problems on the smp machine.  On the smp machine, I
> > > can start netscape 4.6, and the netscape home page comes up.  But then,
> > > if I click anywhere in the browser window, the entire screen locks up.
> > > I can't access any other windows, or even other desktops.  I have to
> > > telnet to the smp machine from the up machine, and issue a kill -9 to
> > > stop netscape.  Before this upgrade, both machines were running kernel
> > > 2.2.6 and netscape 4.08 fine.  Also, netscape 4.6 has the same problems
> > > running on my smp machine under kernel 2.2.6.  Has anyone else seen
> > > problems with netscape 4.6 on smp machines?  And where can I get an rpm
> > > for netscape 4.6?  Thanks,
> >
> > It's not with 2.2.9 or 4.6, but I've suffered Netscape lockups here.
> > Mine seem to be caused by the lack of network connectivity though.  If
> > I'm not dialed up, it locks.  Consistently.  It's probably the
> > caching-nameserver and squid that's causing mine though.  Something to
> > keep in mind...
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Hi, Steve and Bob,
> 
> Indeed, there is a liveconnect bug in netscape 4.6 which may be causing
> the problems I was seeing.  When I established a ppp connection to the
> Internet, I was able to run 4.6 ok.  However I still think that smp may
> be an issue here.  On my smp machine, netscape 4.6 is a total lock-up
> unless I have the ppp connection up.  This means that I can't look at
> local pages without the ppp connection.  On my up machine, netscape 4.6
> works fine whether or not the ppp connection is up.  OK, thanks,

Try this set of commands in a terminal window on your SMP machine and
see if Netscape still locks up when you're offline...

        export MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True
        netscape

It has solved the problem here!

-- 
Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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