Linux-Networking Digest #564, Volume #12 Sun, 12 Sep 99 17:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Whose fault: masque or mutt? (Adam Podstawczy�ski)
Routing intricacies! (Greyson Fischer)
Re: DIALD HELP FOR DUMMY ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (WOL - Olav Cleemann ))
Re: SAMBA (Mark Post)
Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes (Troy Carter)
YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN ERROR with route ("David Dewar")
Re: newbie Q: connecting mac and pc? (Steve Krause)
Mail relay issue ("YouDontKnowWho")
Re: Browsers and Linux (Scott Alfter)
Re: WINS (NetBIOS Name Server) and Linux help (Mark Post)
Re: Software for Linux emulating PC Anywhere (David Crooke)
Re: Help: Linux Netscape can't do DNS lookups using ADSL (Jerry L Kreps)
Re: Help needed to start on NFS (David Crooke)
Intermittent failure - router or NIC problem? (Anil Roopnarine)
Re: Help cant ping gateway (Mark Post)
Re: Help needed to start on NFS ("William B. Cattell")
Re: ppp and SUID (Clifford Kite)
Re: Making Netscape stable..? (David Crooke)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Podstawczy�ski)
Subject: Whose fault: masque or mutt?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:05:02 GMT
Good evening to you all. I know my problem keeps on coming back here and
there, yet I still can't solve it: when I used Pine, everything was OK, now
that I use mutt, every now and then an e-mail is bounced back saying, e.g.:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
Tomasz Kaszycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mxwoj.onet.pl.:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=1023 BODY=8BITMIME
<<< 553 5.4.3 Policy analysis reports DNS error with your source domain
501 Tomasz Kaszycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Data format error
I know the problem is in the 'From:' field: it should be '@english.w3.pl',
not '@localhost.localdomain'. But I think everything is OK with my .muttrc
file:
set folder=~/mail # where i keep my mailboxes
set hdrs
my_hdr From: Adam Podstawczy�ski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
set hostname="english.w3.pl" # my DNS domain
set sendmail="/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -oem -t" # how to deliver mail
set charset="iso-8859-2"
set use_from
And I added the following to my sendmail.cf:
# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DMenglish.w3.pl
Is the above enough to masquerade as english.w3.pl, or are there any other
configuration options in sendmail for enabling masquerading? Or is the
problem in .muttrc?
I couldn't find answers in mutt and sendmail mans... so I appreciate your
help.
Thank you,
--
ada�
- A program that claims a lot of disc space? - Disclaimer.
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From: Greyson Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Routing intricacies!
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 02:25:10 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Okay, here is the deal... I am at a school where we are only allowed
one _registered_ IP address. This one IP address can get off-campus
etc. etc.
However, any other machine can't get off campus (assumed to be using
something on campus -- stupid idea) Anyway, what I am trying to do is
to set up my registered IP number as an IP Masquerading host for only
the machines that arn't registered... The porblem does not lie
therein... I spent all summer behind a self-constructed Masquerading
host...
My problem lies in that the unregistered machines get an IP number in a
different subnet than that of the registered IPs.
Here's the problem. I wat to set a route that goes directly to my
registered machine and from there set it as my gateway for all else (on
or off campus. I can set up the route to the registered machine just
fine, but if I then say that it is my default gateway... boom! It says
that the network is un-reachable.
Now I know that many of you are thinking that I should go out and buy a
hub etc. etc. but I am using an un-registered laptop and I'm trying to
use it from all over campus.
Not to mention that if this works... I wouldn't even need a hub
(though I'm going to use one any way when my Alpha gets here....
Any help would be appreciated:
Greyson Fischer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WOL - Olav Cleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Subject: Re: DIALD HELP FOR DUMMY
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:49:58 GMT
Well-
First things first! Can you get in touch with your modem using
minicom? Can you dial up your ISP using SLIP or PPP?
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:53:54 +0200, "Marco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi -
>
>i need help to setup diald. I want to dial up over a linux box to connect my
>lan to the internet on demand.
>
>please dont tell my to read this hard to read howtos i did it. i also read
>the man's.
>
>i just want to know what i have to do on the first step etc etc etc.
>
>i use SUSE 6.1 K 2.2.7.
>
>each advice is welcome
>
>i will help too - everybody can write me an email - i will help to if i get
>the information i need.
>
>CU Marco
>
>please use the email to write back. Thank you
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
--
Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards,
Olav Cleemann (Support) / Image Scandinavia A/S
Peter Bangs Vej 26, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Tlf. (+45) 38 14 70 00 - Fax (+45) 38 14 70 07
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: SAMBA
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:44:52 GMT
On Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:07:32 +1000, dkwok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have set up samba to connect my win98 running VMware on top of Linux
>box. The network only works when PPP is up and connect to the internet.
>When the ppp is disconnected, win98 cannot establish network with the
>linux box and the rest of the lan.
David,
Sounds like a routing table problem, most likely with the default routes.
'route print' on Win98 and 'route -f' on Linux will give you more
information. Interpreting them, and understanding how to fix them is
another matter, of course. :)
Mark Post
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Troy Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,netscape.public.mozilla.java
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:53:00 -0400
John Soltow wrote:
In addition to the font fix, also make sure you have the following env
variable set (in your bashrc, for instance):
MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/local/netscape export MOZILLA_HOME
(replace /usr/local/netscape with your path to your netscape
installation)
>
> Howard Pepper wrote:
>
> > Robert,
> >
> > Please share the fix, I've been all over RedHat's errata site and I can't find
> > anything remotely resembeling a fix for the Navigator + Java problem
> >
> > Howard Pepper
> >
> > Robert Bernier wrote:
>
> To see if this is the problem you are facing, try:
>
> chkfontpath --list
>
> You should get output that looks like the following:
>
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
>
> You should then add the 75dpi scaled font to your path list using the command:
>
> chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
>
> This should fix the problem you are seeing.
--
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Troy Carter
228A Marshall Av. (609) 430-9158 (H)
Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 243-2941 (O) (PPPL)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.princeton.edu/~tcarter
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From: "David Dewar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN ERROR with route
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:26:40 +0100
Hi,
I'm new to networking, so hopefully this is an easy one.
I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with a 3Com 3c509 Network Card.
I can ping the Linux box itself but no other machine on the LAN.
When I do the route command, the command returns the line for the box itself
then the error message :
'YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN : Domain not bound'
then hangs, before finally returning the last entry for the routing table,
which is the
entry for the gateway ie
default 1.2.3.4 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Any ideas ? Any settings I should examine ?
Thanks,
David D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Krause)
Subject: Re: newbie Q: connecting mac and pc?
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:36:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999 09:55:33 -0700, claire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I can give "some" information, but not a lot. Hope this helps.
>claire wrote:
>
>> Hi I'm a newbie needing a bit of advice on connecting my two computers.
>> can anyone help?
>> I have a mac beige G3 which has macos on one partition and linux-ppc on
>> the other, I also have a pc with linux/windows installed. I'd like to
>> network these to exchange files, and preferrable share printer also (and
>> preferrably by the cheapest way possible-- 'cause I'm a cheap-skate;-) .
There are the following "possible" OS configurations:
1) Linux - Linux (mac and pc)
2) MacOS - Linux
3) Linux - Windows
4) MacOS - Windows
>> I'd like to know what options I have and what's a good place for
>> information, besides the LDP network admin guide and the how-tos which
>> I'm looking at already.
In terms of hardware, as long as both have an ethernet card (with the
same connections -- RJ45, for example), then you're ok -- just get a
crossover cable (not a normal patch cable), and you're good to go. (or
connect them through a hub) [You could also try serial connections,
but assuming you have ethernet on each machine ... don't bother) Then
it's just a matter of software
Let's start at the end. For the MacOS-Windows connection -- this is
the 'hardest' and most expensive, as neither OS is meant to be a
server. There are commercial programs that will let the Mac do SMB or
Windows do AppleTalk -- but that's expensive (you can use PC MacLAN or
Timbuktu). You can of course run ftp servers on these OSes and get
file access that way (not a great way, though) -- but no easy printer
access. I'm least familiar with the 'other' software options here.
Connecting a Windows machine to a Linux box is simple. Samba is
pretty easy to set up, and there is good documentation (most any Linux
book, as well as the HowTo docs). This will give you file sharing and
printer sharing without difficulty.
Similarly, a Mac to Linux isn't bad. On the Linux box you run
Netatalk, which is an AppleTalk implementation to provide file and
print services to the Mac. The documentation is lacking in many
regards ... you'll have to do a lot yourself and perhaps ask quite a
few questions.
And finally, Linux to Linux is almost trivial; the OS setup itself
would probably help you get those things going. Whatever distro you
have probably has info on this sort of setup as well.
All this for the price of an ethernet cable (a few bucks)
>No, actually I could do with some pointers to the right howtos also, I
>might be missing some that I should be reading.
For Linux, the EtherNet and Net3 HowTos are must reads for general
info; the NetaTalk HowTo is somewhat lacking, but there is plenty of
Samba stuff. I just found www.homenetworking.org today --- a bit of a
/. rip-off in terms of layout, but seems to have some info.
>> Can anybody tell me specifically where to find
>> hardward compatibility info for connecting macs and pcs for either a
>> linux to macos or linux-to-linux-ppc?
As mentioned above, hardware is trivial. As long as each machine has
a regular ethernet card, you're okay. RJ45 connectors are the most
common nowadays. With null-modem adapters, it should be possible to
connect macs and pcs vial serial ports, although that's slow, and
really only of importance for old macs (or maybe really old pcs) that
don't have NICs.
>> Somebody told me I might be able
>> to get by without a hub if I setup a 10TBase2 ethernet connection, but I
>> wasn't sure if that might just be a windows-to-windows option.
I do it at home, actually with 2 pcs (windows and linux) and an old
mac (just the MacOS) ... just get a crossover cable to connect them.
If you have more than 2 machines, you'll probably want a hub (even
though you could put multiple NICs in the Linux box and such) -- which
is what I switched to (a hub) a few weeks ago ... just made things a
bit more simple. Everything works fine...
>> thanks for any help!
>>
>> --Claire
I hope this was somewhat helpful. For more info, just ask.
- Steve
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From: "YouDontKnowWho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Mail relay issue
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:19:38 GMT
I'm finding setting up sendmail extremely confusing (no news there,
I'm sure). Could someone please help me out with the following?
We want MAIN.SYSTEM.NET to be our mail hub. All our users have an
account there, but they run Windows machines and want to send and
receive mail via their own machines.
We have already figured out receiving mail. We use fetchmail for each
user. fetchmail goes out, gets each user's mail from their ISP
accounts, and hands it to sendmail for delivery to the corresponding
accounts on MAIN.SYSTEM.NET. The users then use their Windows clients
to retrieve their mail from MAIN.SYSTEM.NET using POP3. So far, so
good.
Sending we can't figure out (hence this message). We need two types
of routing/relaying.
1. Mail sent to users within the domain simply gets distributed as if
it was sent from the mail hub. So, from John Doe's Windows machine,
set with a REPLY TO of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a SENT TO of
[EMAIL PROTECTED], the e-mail is handed to sendmail, which
replaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and puts it in
kookoo's mailbox. We want to replace the REPLY TO so that, when
kookoo replies, the reply is routed only through our domain, instead
of it having to make the trip to MediaOne and back.
2. Mail sent to users outside of the domain gets forwarded to the
MediaOne SMTP server with the REPLY TO of [EMAIL PROTECTED] intact, so
people can reply to it.
I hope this is clearly explained. How can we accomplish this?
Thanks!
--
Principle of Minimum Access: "That which is not explicitly permitted
is denied."
ANNOUNCER: And now we return to our regularly scheduled, uncommonly
entertaining thread...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Browsers and Linux
Date: 12 Sep 1999 20:10:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here in comp.os.linux.setup, "Ernest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>spake unto us, saying:
>
>>Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>>> By using your style, you make it more difficult for others (IMhO).
>>
>>Please explain what do you mean by 'my' style.
>
>Read your own newspostings at the beginning of this thread. You were
>writing responses and then appending the quoted text to the bottom.
>
>That is the style I am referring to. None of the newsreaders I have
>ever used have allowed that method, so I'm calling it yours. :-)
Outlook Express works that way. It's one of the reasons I went back to trn.
(That, and I got tired of losing track of what I'd read every time Win9x
blows up. Instead of pointing Outlook Express at my ISP's news server, I
have suck pull down a small feed for INN to manage. trn (God's Own
Newsreader :-) ) or whatever you like can then be used. I could even point
Outlook Express at my server...but why do that?)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://people.delphi.com/salfter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: WINS (NetBIOS Name Server) and Linux help
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:41:55 GMT
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 23:20:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Farley 902) wrote:
>I recently configured several of my servers (NT 4-SP5) with WINS
>PROXY AGENT. These servers ARE on different subnets and are NOT on
>WINS servers themselves.
>
>When I ping (in linux) a WINS-ENABLED computer (WIN95 client) that is
>not in the DNS or LMHOST or HOSTS files, it fails.
Ping is a TCP/IP-only protocol. It knows nothing about WINS. If you want
to ping a machine that is not in /etc/hosts or known to DNS, then you have
to use the IP address. If you want to use Samba to access them, then WINS
is an option, since Samba is WINS aware.
Mark Post
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software for Linux emulating PC Anywhere
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:28:55 GMT
Ed Lentz wrote:
>
> Hey
> Does anyone know of a program for a Linux/Samba server that will let me dial
> into my server and access a share for files?
> Thanks
> ED
Just use normal dialup networking. On a Unix/Linux system there is no
need for software like PC-Anywhere since the normal facilities (notably
X11 graphics) are all network capable out of the box.
--
David Crooke, Austin TX, USA. +1 (512) 656 6102
"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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From: Jerry L Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help: Linux Netscape can't do DNS lookups using ADSL
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:15:09 -0500
Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> On 11 Sep 1999 19:03:35 -0500, Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:27:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>This is a really strange problem. I've been using a stock RedHat 5.2
> >>system for about a year with no problems. I recently got ADSL service
> >>from BellSouth. It works really well, except for one (really important)
> >>thing: Netscape Navigator can't do DNS lookups properly. Here're the
> >>facts:
<snip>
> >
> >With RH6, NS 4.61 and BS ADSL, I have had no problems. Which doesn't
> >solve your problem, but I would have to think this is not a NS problem
> >per se. Is NS using a proxy by any chance?
> >
>
> Correction to 'no problems at all': just had a bizarre NS lockup, which
> not only took down X, but put my monitor into sleep mode (no screen at
> all), and locked the keyboard. I suspect the Alcatel is involved somehow
> since dhcp kept failing until I powered down/up the Alcatel.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> Linux helps those who help themselves
I'm using Netscape 4.61 on an ADSL connection (my modem is a Cisco 675
router) which YaST (SuSE 6.2) setup automatically when I told it to
install a DHCP client and I put in my two DNS quad addresses. SuSE 6.1
also worked ok with Netscape 4.5 (?) and DHCP and DNS, but I had set it
up manually.
Jerry
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed to start on NFS
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:37:58 GMT
Nishad wrote:
>
> Hi,
> We are a group a students who want to start a project on NFS
> It would be helpful if you give us some direction on HOw to start.
>
What do you want to do with it?
--
David Crooke, Austin TX, USA. +1 (512) 656 6102
"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anil Roopnarine)
Subject: Intermittent failure - router or NIC problem?
Date: 12 Sep 1999 19:55:33 GMT
i have 2 ethernet cards hooked up to some kind of router/switch
at intermittent times, either card may fail to receive packets -
from tcpdump on the interface.
is there a way to trace the problem?
basically i'd like to tell the net admin that his router/switch is crapping
out, but I want to make sure its not my linux box.
ifconfig doesn't seem to say anything and log/messages is pretty empty too.
are there other log files that i should be looking at?
Supermicro P6dbe with dual PII 400 256M RAM
3com 3c905B-TX and LinkSYS Etherfast 10/100 NICs
yup.
any suggestions are welcome!
-anil
--
A Perl Script is correct if it's halfway readable
and gets the job done before your boss fires you!
O'Reilly & Associates Programming Perl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Help cant ping gateway
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:32:11 GMT
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:36:25 -0400, "Brad Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Im still having problems with my cable modem. Here is more information on my
>route:
Brad,
Your route table looks fine. What does ifconfig show? Look in particular
at the IRQ number, since it may be in conflict with something else on your
machine. A number like '3' or '4' is particularly suspect.
Mark Post
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help needed to start on NFS
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:35:59 GMT
Nishad wrote:
>
> Hi,
> We are a group a students who want to start a project on NFS
> It would be helpful if you give us some direction on HOw to start.
>
> Thanks you for the time and Energy.
>
> nishad
A good start would be to read the NFS-HOWTO. If you want to get in deeper
to the process and protocol then pick up a copy of O'Reilly Assoc.
"Managing NFS and NIS". There are probably some RFCs available that would
give some in-depth information as well.
Bill
--
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Park not thy Harley in the darkness of thine garage, that it
may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy Harley
with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: ppp and SUID
Date: 12 Sep 1999 14:11:35 -0500
Josh Gentry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Does PPP have to run as SUID to root? Makes me nervous.
> If it does have to, what are the best safeguards to prevent
> someone from trying to take advantage?
You might checkout the SECURITY section of man pppd. In particular you
can use a file in the /etc/ppp/peers directory to eliminate the need
for the modem's /dev/ttySx to be accessible by a non-root user.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* For every credibility gap, there is a gullibility fill.
-- R. Clopton */
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making Netscape stable..?
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:36:40 GMT
I am running Linux on Intel x86 with Netscape 4.51
I downgraded from 4.61 back to 4.51 as I find it more stable. The things
which usually crash it in my experience, in order:
1. Almost any kind of Java applet - Java support is very fragile, e.g.
iconifying and reopening a Navigator window containing an applet is
enough to effect a hard crash. turning Java off is a good idea - on many
sites, applets are just used for fancy decor and the site is viewable
without them.
2. Plug-ins
3. Simple stress - I often tend to do a web search and then middle
button lots of new windows at a time to see what the links have yielded.
Hitting 20 or 30 windows can occasionally cause it to fall over.
If there are any ambitious open source coders looking for a project,
there is definitely scope for a good browser project for non-Windows
platforms. Netscape has dropped the ball on Windows, but even with the
best browser in the world they could never hope to compete with a
preloaded one from the OS vendor. Nonetheless they seem to pour all
their efforts into the Windows version at the expense of the platform
which they have exclusive reign over.
Dave
--
David Crooke, Austin TX, USA. +1 (512) 656 6102
"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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