#2) I was having the same problem, I think it is a netscape bug. I was
using netscape 4.5 and the same thing was happening in win95, I upgraded to
netscape 4.6 and the problem didn't return. Do an uninstall before you
install a newer version though.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David C Colvin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:56 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Problems
>
> Some questions, maybe you folks can help:
> 1. The crossover question I asked earlier...any idea?
> 2. I have a "freshly" installed system, so no extra software has been
> installed except the Mandrake 7.0 install. When I use Netscape in xwin,
> it will work, then suddenly will stop. I mean the page will stay on the
> screen but when you click on a link, nothing happens. It just stays
> there. Shut Netscape down, and then try to bring it back up, and nothing
> happens, it merely "shrugs off" the attempt.
> Now, if I bring up a virtual terminal and look in the .netscape
> directory, there is a blinking file called lock. Delete this and netscape
> loads fine...for a while.. Ideas, thoughts?
> 3. I have one 8.5 gig hd and one cdrom. I want to hook up two more hard
> drives, copy some data from them, and then remove them from the system.
> How do I get Linux to recognize them so I can copy, then remove them from
> the system as easily?
> 4. One final problem: I am hooked to my campus ethernet network. While
> running windows, I get tremendous throughput loading pages, doing ftp,
> etc..now in netscape in linux, I am getting throughput no higher than
> 3.5k/sec and then it starts dropping, and stalls out..goes back up to
> 3.5/3.6 and drops slowly to 3.0, 2.9,2.8..etc then stalls out..
> any ideas?
> 5. I had the same problem as I thought the others did...I try to telnet to
> my machine from somewhere else, and it says connected...I wait for the
> login prompt, it hesitates and then the connection is dropped.
> I know I should edit my /etc/inetd file..what should I make sure it has to
> be able to telnet in?
>
>
> Thanks Valjean
>
