Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 06:14:44 -0700 From: chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape... Message-ID: <00053106162900.70777@chip.wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301814240.62254-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301814240.62254-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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Just curious, have you disabled java and javascript in preferences? I am using the native FBSD version of 4.72 without it crashing at all, and all I did was disable java, and turned javascript back on, in the preferences. Chip Alternative Operating Systems www.wiegand.org On Tue, 30 May 2000, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > Tried that. I've reinstalled repeatedly, different versions, Communicator > vs. Netscape. They all crash. Moreover, I've been using Netscape on AIX, > Irix, Solaris, and Linux, besides FreeBSD, for the last 5 years or so. > They've all been variably unstable. Even when everything else on the > machine is stable. I've concluded that either Netscape is inherently > unstable no matter the platform, or it just doesn't like me. :-) > > Ken Bolingbroke > hacker@bolingbroke.com > > On Tue, 30 May 2000, BWS - Offwhite wrote: > > > I had problems with Netscape at one point. Simply use pkg_delete to > > remove all traces of it and add the most recent version you can get. I > > think tha tis 4.73 right now. > > > > This worked for me. > > > > On Tue, 30 May 2000, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > > > > > Yup. Crashes regularly, and I don't even use it that heavily. All the > > > windows disappear, and the prompt from where I started it reports "Bus > > > error netscape (core dumped)". This is Communicator version > > > 4.72. > > > > > > On Tue, 30 May 2000, Cliff Rowley wrote: > > > > > > > Is anyone else having problems with Netscape? It keeps dying with a > > > > 'bus error'... Nothing else on the system appears to be suffering, just > > > > Netscape... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Chip Wiegand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ visit Alternative Operating Systems www.wiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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