On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> andy W wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> > We are currently switching from Windows98
> > to Linux for all our Internet machines. These
> > machines are primarily for web browsing and
> > email. A total of 15 machines. Now we need
> > access to web pages with java and when we access
> > such a page, Netscape freezes and the cpu usage
> > for ld-linux.so.2 goes up to 99% and the whole
> > machine slows down. I tried the unsupported
> > Netscape for linux 2.2 and it did the same thing
> > except netscape uses 99% of the CPU instead of
> > ld-linux.so.2. currently we are trying to
> > standardize on Netscape for all our email and
> > browsing for both Linux and Windows. I am now
> > ready to give up and go to win2K and back to IE
> > and outlook. Is there a way to fix this problem
> > or do we just remove Linux from the desktop all
> > together.
> >
> > The problem here is that we want all our users
> > both Win and Lin to use the same browser. not mix
> > explorer and opera etc.
> >
> > Thanks Andy.
> >
> > P3 500
> > 128MB ram
> > Mandrake 7.1
I posted a short script that checked every 5 minutes for usage of ld-linux.so
above 98% CPU time and killed (-9) every occurrence found. I think there are
copies on both newbie and expert lists. It keeps the netscape from taking over
your machine(s) but does not solve the problem.
Netscape 4.73 available on the mandrake mirror sites also seems to avoid the
situation
A site which will cause this crash reliably every few minutes, and thus a good
test bed, is www.wolfhome.com In fact it often kills the children and leaves
just the library process running (and you can even restart netscape with the
old library process chewing up resources). It has NEVER happened on 4.73 when
I was testing at that site. A second site which does a hefty number on
netscape is www.computergate.com. Trying an order with their electronic
shopping is a spiritual experience.
Civileme
