Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-28 Thread Mark Panzer
Rick Macdonald wrote: Mark Panzer wrote: www.netbuyer.com I noticed the memory usage jump by about 5Meg when navigator was started and after just staring at the page for 5 min I noticed the memory usage was once again starting to increase. Thanks for helping me out here. OK, I

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-27 Thread Rick Macdonald
Mark Panzer wrote: www.netbuyer.com I noticed the memory usage jump by about 5Meg when navigator was started and after just staring at the page for 5 min I noticed the memory usage was once again starting to increase. Thanks for helping me out here. OK, I see the exact same results. I

Netscape install was Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread AJT60
While we are on the topic, I have had problems using the debian install package to install Netscape 4.05. I copy the .tar.gz file (somethinging like netscape-405-unknown-linux20-export.tar.gz, IIRC), rename it by deleting the export word (so the install package doesn't complain) and do a dpkg

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. You mentioned Java applets. What if you fire up Netscape, and don't look at any web pages other than whatever your startup home page is, and just leave it for an hour. Does it

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Mark Panzer
Rick Macdonald wrote: Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. You mentioned Java applets. What if you fire up Netscape, and don't look at any web pages other than whatever your startup home page is, and just

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: Rick Macdonald wrote: You mentioned Java applets. What if you fire up Netscape, and don't look at any web pages other than whatever your startup home page is, and just leave it for an hour. Does it grow and die? Maybe it's the pages you always

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Mark Panzer
Rick Macdonald, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: Rick Macdonald wrote: You mentioned Java applets. What if you fire up Netscape, and don't look at any web pages other than whatever your startup home page is, and just leave it for an hour. Does

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: OK, you seemed to have arrived at the conclusion that Java is at fault. How about you find one Java page that will do this. Fire up a fresh Netscape, open one browser window, go to that one page, and let it sit there untouched and prove that it

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-26 Thread Ed Cogburn
Mark Panzer wrote: Rick Macdonald, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: Rick Macdonald wrote: You mentioned Java applets. What if you fire up Netscape, and don't look at any web pages other than whatever your startup home page is, and just

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-25 Thread Ed Cogburn
Mark Panzer wrote: Ed Cogburn wrote: Nelson Posse Lago wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell;

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-25 Thread Mark Panzer
Ed Cogburn wrote: Mark Panzer wrote: Ed Cogburn wrote: Nelson Posse Lago wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want to install netscape using the debian installer package, it preloads (or used

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Ed Cogburn
Nelson Posse Lago wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want to install netscape using the debian

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Mark Panzer
Ed Cogburn wrote: Nelson Posse Lago wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want to install

memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-23 Thread Mark Panzer
Dear debian users, While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. I just have two windows of Netscape open at a time and normally one. If I type free in an xterm I see my free memory and swap getting eaten up without