hi viswanath,
so after you delete .netscape, the problem fixes itself but returns a few
days later? that's just wierd. i'm afraid i have no idea why this would be
happening, other than to say "it's probably a network thing".
here are some more suggestions that come off the top of my head:
1- use a different version of netscape. is there an update for your
particular operating system? if not, try to find an earlier version of
netscape for your OS (rpm or deb).
2- completely uninstall netscape (assumming you installed a version off of
rpm or deb), download netscape from netscape.com and install that version.
3- as root:
cp -r /home/viswanath/.netscape /etc/mynetscape
find /etc/mynetscape | xargs chown root.users
find /etc/mynetscape | xargs chmod go-w
as viswanath:
ln -s /etc/mynetscape /home/.netscape
4- also, you might want to play with attr (similar to DOS's chattr) to make
the netscape config files "immutable".
rationale:
1- there might be a bug in the packaging of your OS's netscape.
2- perhaps your OS plays with the config files. by installing a non-OS
specific netscape, you might circumvent the monkeying with config files
3- sounds like something is munging with your config files. by making them
owned by root and not writable, you prevent this.
4- same as 3
note that options 3 and 4 are "inelegant" in the sense that they don't really
address the cause of what's happening (which is beyond me at this point), but
they might alleviate the symptoms.
make a backup of your bookmarks and plugin files on floppy before doing any
of this stuff.
that's the best i can come up with. hth.
pete
begin: Viswanath P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> Hi Peter,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion. I have tried this
> earlier. But, after few days again the same problem
> creeps in. I have deleted the .netscape directory
> itself and just copied my bookmarks.html
> to it.
> It will be of help to me if you could
> tell me the other options.
>
> thanks
> Viswanath P.
>
> --- Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > begin: Viswanath P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> > >
> > > 3.) Whenever I start netscape it took around 4-5
> > > mins.
> > > to come to normal mode whereby one can type
> > the
> > > webaddress to load. It stays idle for a
> > while
> > > before coming to live. But, this does not
> > > happens
> > > with Konqueror or opera.
> >
> > if it's 4-5 minutes, it's almost certainly a network
> > thing. perhaps netscape
> > is looking for a proxy? try this:
> >
> > $ mv .netscape dot-netscape # move .netscape
> > directory to something else
> > $ netscape # run netscape
> >
> > see if that helps. if not, i'll give you
> > instructions on how to use strace.
> > if it does work, move your bookmarks and personal
> > plugins into the new
> > directory and erase dot-netscape.
> >
> > pete
> >
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