Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:38:03 -0500 From: Chuck Rouzer <rouzer@spyder.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Netscape Memory Usage and v2.2.1-release Message-ID: <333FE86B.784A@spyder.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331025856.397T-100000@localhost>
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Ok before receiving this reply, I upgraded the binaries, man pages, catman, and profile libraries. Nothing else. Every thing seemed to work ok and the kernel is now v2.2.1-release. The problem I am having now is Netscape v3.01 will use its usual ton of memory, but once the program exits the memory is not freed up. It just stays there and if Netscape is loaded over and over, swap space will eventually be full. I have 32 megs of swap and 24 megs of RAM. This machine is just an X workstation. Doug White wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Chuck Rouzer wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me how to upgrade from 2.2-gama to 2.2-released? > > If using the boot disk is the best way, I would like to know which > > packages have been upgraded between versions. Please reply via email! > > Pretty much the same way you got to -GAMMA. > > FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist for 2.2: > > 1) Boot the new floppy. Select the 'update' option. Follow the prompts. > Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them. Select the same > distributions you did originally (including the kernel source, src/ssys!) > and any you wish to add. > > **WARNING!** Do **NOT** upgrade XFree86 at this time. The binary distributed > with 2.2 is built for 3.0-CURRENT, which has longer usernames. It will > corrupt your utmp file, which will cause w, who, and associated utils to give > odd output. If you have dire need to upgrade, you will want to rebuild > xdm and xterm, and probably the whole package, before using it. > > 2) Hit 'commit' to start the upgrade. > > 3) When you're dumped to a shell prompt: > > . Your /etc directory is preserved as it was for 2.1.x. You will > want to look in /etc/upgrade, which contains new & updated files > for this release. > > . Using your old sysconfig as a guide, create a new sysconfig using > the one in /etc/upgrade as a template. > > . Copy over the rc* files from upgrade/, so new features in > sysconfig are used. Merge in any local changes, if necessary. > If you are getting unusual messages from ipx, you forgot to do > this. > > . Migrate other files as necessary. > > 5) Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major -- /* Chuck Rouzer - rouzer@spyder.net - http://www.spyder.net /*
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