From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Dec 2 19:18:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pi.yip.org (pi.yip.org [199.45.111.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A977537B405 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:18:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from melange@localhost) by pi.yip.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id fB33IjY97266 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 22:18:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from melange@yip.org) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 22:18:45 -0500 From: Bob K To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: invisible Netscape? Message-ID: <20011202221845.F82223@yip.org> References: <20011128230527.B72290@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200111282320.fASNKpd12247@ptavv.es.net> <20011202175451.A6082@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3C0A6D09.DC23FACF@austin.rr.com> <20011203031130.A9932@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011203031130.A9932@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:11:30AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:11:30AM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > > I did discover something interesting about this issue. It has something > to do with the network connection. If I try to start NS and it becomes > 'invisible' (process, but no window), I can disconnect from my ISP > (close the tun0 connection) and the NS window immediately appears. Does > this give an evidence where the problem might lie? I'll bet it's hanging on a DNS lookup. Stick an entry for www.netscape.com in your /etc/hosts file and see if the problem goes away. -- Bob | Please don't spill hot things on Bob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message