Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:05:23 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape-4. beta - please try this Message-ID: <19970715190523.36743@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <9707151541.AA23731@wavehh.hanse.de>; from Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> on Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 05:41:14PM %2B0200 References: <19970715170820.60605@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <9707151541.AA23731@wavehh.hanse.de>
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On Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 05:41:14PM +0200, Martin Cracauer wrote: > > > Could anyone else (I don't want to download the big beast and hate > > > Nav^H^H^HCommunicator anyway) try to run the Netscape version that > > > causes core dumps on FP exception on a FreeBSD kernel with > > > > > > #undef __INITIAL_NPXCW__ > > > #define __INITIAL_NPXCW__ 0x127f > > > > > > at the end of /usr/src/sys/i386/include/npx.h > > > At least it has the side effect that Netscape 3.01 (unknown-i386-bsd-3.01) > > doesn't do that floating exception anymore that it used to do notoriously > > when clicking the [Netsearch] button. I had totally refrained from > > pushing that button due to that 'bug' and got used typing in yahoo or > > altavista in the Netsite: edit field instead. > > > > With this 'patch' to npx.h it's working again. > > Sounds like the right direction, then. > > > Now you say, communicator 4.x chokes on this? Hmm. Cannot confirm. > > > > Netscape Communicator 4.0 > > Preview Release 5 > > > > comes up fine. > > Aeh, comes up fine? Is this the Linux version? Nah. $ file netscape.bin netscape.bin: BSD/OS i386 compact demand paged executable > > Actually, what I need to know is whether the BSDI version runs now, it > doesn't without this FP mask. > > Anyone tried the BSDI version? Or did I misunderstand you? I tried this BSDI version before - and yes, it choked in various places - not that it didn't run at all but it was a bit flaky. > > Martin > -- > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> > http://cracauer.cons.org > Fax +49 40 522 85 36 -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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