Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In message 5228c78585ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk cj ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk wrote: In article 5228b3886ct...@netsurf-browser.org, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: Please try the latest build. The problem was tracked down to an issue in UnixLib which has now been fixed. I have tried a few tests and it hasn't failed yet, so it looks as if that has fixed it. Many thanks. Same here so far... Less non-repeatable crashes too. -- Grahame Parish
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In message 885f2c2952.GrahameParish@grahame.parish Grahame Parish maillist.par...@millers-way.net wrote: In message 5228c78585ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk cj ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk wrote: In article 5228b3886ct...@netsurf-browser.org, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: Please try the latest build. The problem was tracked down to an issue in UnixLib which has now been fixed. I have tried a few tests and it hasn't failed yet, so it looks as if that has fixed it. Many thanks. Same here so far... Less non-repeatable crashes too. Ditto here (using r13086). George --
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In article 5228b3886ct...@netsurf-browser.org, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: Please try the latest build. The problem was tracked down to an issue in UnixLib which has now been fixed. I have tried a few tests and it hasn't failed yet, so it looks as if that has fixed it. Many thanks. -- Chris Johnson
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In article 885f2c2952.GrahameParish@grahame.parish, Grahame Parish maillist.par...@millers-way.net wrote: Less non-repeatable crashes too. If you're getting *any* please report them. There's nothing we can do about issues that go unreported. -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In article 522534c93bch...@chris-johnson.org.uk, cj ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk wrote: In article 18c32a2552.GrahameParish@grahame.parish, Grahame Parish maillist.par...@millers-way.net wrote: Just tried loading the news.bbc.co.uk page and running a mail fetch (Netfetch/Hermes) and got a NetSurf error followed by quit. Ahhh - it's not just my system then. Please try the latest build. The problem was tracked down to an issue in UnixLib which has now been fixed. -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
Has anyone else noticed that if a mail fetch initiates while NetSurf is rendering a page, then NS exits with a fatal error? Before submitting a report, it would be interesting to know whether anyone else has experienced this. It has done it several times here over the past few weeks(?), but has taken me a while to realise the connection. I have now tried fetching a web page and then forcing a mail fetch - it gives the error sometimes - it may depend on exactly where NS has reached in the rendering when the mail fetch starts and whether the page to be rendered is already in the cache or not. Forcing a news/rss fetch while NS was rendering a page caused NetSurf to just vanish from the iconbar, with no error message. The pages used for the test were ROOL pages. I did these tests with r13071, but the errors have also occurred with earlier releases. Machine is an Iyonix with RISC OS 5.17. Mail/news software is Netfetch with Hermes and NewsHound. -- Chris Johnson
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
On 20 Oct 2011 as I do recall, cj wrote: Has anyone else noticed that if a mail fetch initiates while NetSurf is rendering a page, then NS exits with a fatal error? Before submitting a report, it would be interesting to know whether anyone else has experienced this. [snip] Quick test here using a known slow-to-render site doesn't show up any error - but then that could be a 'not always' case. What I've observed has been fatal errors reported from Netsurf while Firefox is rendering a page, resulting in both apps quitting the iconbar (and sometimes FileCore in Use errors). I've always assumed this was actually an error from Firefox being misallocated by the Wimp due to the extreme level of emulation which is going on, since it only seems to happen to Netsurf when Firefox crashes - but it could be related to your observations. -- Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie == The saddest words in the English language are 'Too' and 'late'
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
Has anyone else noticed that if a mail fetch initiates while NetSurf is rendering a page, then NS exits with a fatal error? I just did a manually initiated mail fetch while NetSurf was loading a page, with no adverse effect. (r13065) Do you specifically mean rendering, as opposed to downloading? The pages I tried took a few seconds, but didn't have a long rendering pause after getting the data. Regards -- John Harrison Website http://jaharrison.me.uk
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In article 52251f6554j...@jaharrison.me.uk, John Harrison j...@jaharrison.me.uk wrote: Do you specifically mean rendering, as opposed to downloading? The pages I tried took a few seconds, but didn't have a long rendering pause after getting the data. Difficult to say - one starts off the NetSurf fetch, then forces a mail/news fetch as soon as possible, the mail fetch status opens, and then the error occurs. Its not obvious at what point NetSurf has got to. The test I did just now with a mail fetch caused NetSurf to vanish, rather than raise an error box. Even the NS log files show different errors, e.g. segmentation fault in one, illegal instruction in another. I guess I should just send in the log files and let the experts decide. -- Chris Johnson
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In message 52251d32acch...@chris-johnson.org.uk cj ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk wrote: Has anyone else noticed that if a mail fetch initiates while NetSurf is rendering a page, then NS exits with a fatal error? Before submitting a report, it would be interesting to know whether anyone else has experienced this. It has done it several times here over the past few weeks(?), but has taken me a while to realise the connection. I have now tried fetching a web page and then forcing a mail fetch - it gives the error sometimes - it may depend on exactly where NS has reached in the rendering when the mail fetch starts and whether the page to be rendered is already in the cache or not. Forcing a news/rss fetch while NS was rendering a page caused NetSurf to just vanish from the iconbar, with no error message. The pages used for the test were ROOL pages. I did these tests with r13071, but the errors have also occurred with earlier releases. Machine is an Iyonix with RISC OS 5.17. Mail/news software is Netfetch with Hermes and NewsHound. I've been experiencing random quits from Netsurf in recent revisions since 2.8 was released. Not been able to pin them down to anything, and often after restarting NS it will have no problem with the page. I've seen it on a variety of sites and locally rendered pages (email attachments). One instance was a Dabs.com offer email where NS quit without warning long after the page had rendered. As I hadn't seen any other mentions I haven't reported it up to now. Will grab a log next time it happens. Just tried loading the news.bbc.co.uk page and running a mail fetch (Netfetch/Hermes) and got a Netsurf error followed by quit. I've got a 50K zip file of the log if wanted. In the instances above I rarely get an error box, just a sudden quit from the iconbar. -- Grahame Parish
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
In article 18c32a2552.GrahameParish@grahame.parish, Grahame Parish maillist.par...@millers-way.net wrote: Just tried loading the news.bbc.co.uk page and running a mail fetch (Netfetch/Hermes) and got a Netsurf error followed by quit. Ahhh - it's not just my system then. In the instances above I rarely get an error box, just a sudden quit from the iconbar. It's still worth checking in Scrap where NetSurf puts its log file, (there is an obey file in the !NS app called OpenScrap which is a quick way to get there). Check the timestamp on the log file to see whether it has just been written. I have found that, even when NS goes into a black hole, and the log file is not opened in an editor, it still often has been written. -- Chris Johnson
Re: Fatal error when page render clashes with a mail/news fetch
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:04:30 +0100, Harriet Bazley wrote: On 20 Oct 2011 as I do recall, cj wrote: Has anyone else noticed that if a mail fetch initiates while NetSurf is rendering a page, then NS exits with a fatal error? What I've observed has been fatal errors reported from Netsurf while Firefox is rendering a page, resulting in both apps quitting the iconbar (and sometimes FileCore in Use errors). There is also a crash that occurs when the homepage fails to fetch (not involving any other non-NetSurf software!). Due to the randomness I've not yet been able to get a log nor systematically reproduce it, but it might be related. Chris
