Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:52:16 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Looping Message-ID: <199903251952.LAA23075@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:01:58 PST." <199903251801.KAA21362@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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Let me add another wrinkle to this saga.
Netscape 4.51 loops, in the same tight loop, on the Configuration W
machine as on Machine A in Configuration H, below. I suspect that
4.51 is bigger and therefore this may be VM related.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Province of BC
In message <199903251801.KAA21362@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>, Cy
Schubert writes:
> I have an interesting problem where Netscape loops during startup.
> It loops getting a number of FPE signals, two ALRM signals, it
> issues a gettimeofday(), and it loops again. It is reproducible
> under very specific circumstances. To give you some background I
> will discuss what works first and what doesn't work last.
>
> All machines are running 3.1-RELEASE ELF with a.out compatibility
> libraries.. Netscape in question is 4.07 and 4.08 for FreeBSD.
>
> Configuration W (at work):
>
> A single machine with a PII, 128MB RAM, and a Mach64 card. This
> configuration works with no problems. This machine was built using
> make aout-to-elf.
>
>
> Configuraion H (at home):
>
> Machine A ------ Ethernet through attic ------- Machine B
> ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
> P120 486DX/33
> 80MB RAM 20MB RAM
> S3 Card Trident SVGA
>
> Machine A was built using make aout-to-elf. Machine B was
> installed from CDROM.
>
> Netscape running on Machine B and displayed to an XServer on
> machine B works.
>
> Netscape running on Machine A and displayed to Machine B works.
>
> Netscape running on Machine B and displayed to Machine A works.
>
> Netscape running on Machine A and displayed to Machine A loops
> forever.
>
> Another interesting observation is that when using an Xserver on
> the Configuration H machine at work or when using an Xserver on
> Machine B at home vmstat reports AVM as some normal number, e.g.
> 3000 KB or more, while using an Xserver on Machine A at home vmstat
> reports that AVM is a little more than 3700000 KB. AVM on Machine
> a drops to a normal value when the Xserver is not in use. Machine
> B uses X binaries served from Machine A via NFS, so except for a
> different XF86Config the X11R6 directory trees are the same.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
> Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
> ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
> Province of BC
>
>
>
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