From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 31 14:46:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA05138 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 14:46:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from xi.dorm.umd.edu (xi.dorm.umd.edu [129.2.152.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA05130 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 14:46:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xi.dorm.umd.edu (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA06364 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 17:46:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 17:46:18 -0500 (EST) From: Sujal Patel X-Sender: smpatel@xi.dorm.umd.edu To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: netscape3 (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Can anyone Else Report success with "xset bc".. Here is my information BTW (answering Terry's questions): I've tried three different versions of -current [about 3 weeks worth] Have tried fvwm, twm, and no wm Have tried XF86_S3 and XF86_VGA (3.1.2) Have tried no X background, and xsetroot -solid gray14 Have a Actix GE32 w/ 1Meg Sujal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:42:38 -0600 From: Tony Kimball To: smpatel@wam.umd.edu Subject: netscape3 Alright folks... After getting a working trace of the way netscape was running, I've figured out that they are sending an illegal request to our Xserver. This causes netscapes forked Java process to exit aburptly. Why this only happens to some of us is still a mystery, but the solution is simple: Type "xset bc" before you start netscape. No go on XF86_S3 3.1.2B 8bpp Diamond Stealth32 PCI 2MB DRAM.