>From your description, it sure sounds like excessive paging.
If you are "relatively new" to Linux, my first thought is that you've set up
your system in a way that doesn't use all the memory. But before going down
that road too far, let's check: when you have these multiple Netscape
sessions running, what does "free" report about memory? (The interesting
numbers are total, used +/- buffers, and free +/- buffers. You can run
"free" in an xterm window.)
You might also run "top" before starting Netscape and pay attention to how
its report changes as you encounter the problem.
"man free" and "man top" will give you the details on these command if they
are unfamiliar.
By the way, I'd find your messages much easier to read if you used real
words and conventional spelling.
At 03:03 PM 2/21/99 -0600, rude bwot wrote [excerpt only]:
>i am using :
>redhat 5.1
>kernel 2.0.34
>Xfree86 3.3.2 (mach 64 server)
>
>on a:
>AMD 350
>128MB SDRAM (100MHZ bus)
>ATI rage II video card (AGP, 8meg)
>Now - all iz good EXCEPT when i run netscape (4.05) on linux
>and have more than 2 or 3 netscape windows open (i really havent
>played around with much other X apps) .
>
>The windows take a year and a day 2 repaint, the response of the
>mouse 2 user input iz appauling and the h/d grinds away like crazy
>as if i only had 8MG of ram instead of 128MB of 10ns SDRAM.
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