Tom Berger wrote:
>
> Steve Philp wrote:
> >
> > Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > > I experienced something strange:
> > > > When I set the MOZILLA_HOME variable to Netscape's installation directory, it
> > > > becomes unusuable for offline use because it constantly tries to access a DNS
> > > > server. Unsetting the variable removes that prob.
> > > > Trouble is that without that variable Netscape doesn't seem to load plugins
> > > > (npflash).
> > > > So what I need is:
> > > > either advice to turn off the DNS requests even if the variable is set
> > > > or
> > > > someone to tell me how to get that modules loaded without the variable.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone?
> > >
> > > Check the archive, Steve answered this one about 5-6 months ago
> > > export something_DNS_something 0
> >
> > Wow, can't believe someone remembered this post! Here's what you'll
> > want to add to ~/.bashrc to try it:
> >
> > export MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True
> >
> > Then logout and log back in, start X, then start Netscape.
> >
> > You can still use the MOZILLA_HOME variable to do whatever things you
> > were using it for.
> >
> > For more documentation, you might try the README in the
> > /usr/doc/netscape-common-<version> directory. It's got some useful
> > information in it.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > Network Administrator
> > Advance Packaging Corp.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Well, with this setting NS won't use the DNS at all...
Actually, all that setting does is prevent NS from forking off a
separate process to do DNS resolution. I originally used it to get rid
of the stall that results from starting NS when I'm not online. This
may be primarily caused by my use of caching-nameserver, but I'm not
about to give that up!
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
