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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:02:05 -0400
From:      "Donald J. Maddox" <dmaddox@scsn.net>
To:        Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux faster thasn FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19970925210205.04897@scsn.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970926101404.5305C-100000@gadget.nla.gov.au>; from Carl Makin on Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 10:24:26AM %2B1000
References:  <199709250826.LAA14306@shadows.aeon.net> <Pine.NEB.3.96.970926101404.5305C-100000@gadget.nla.gov.au>

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On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 10:24:26AM +1000, Carl Makin wrote:
> When I start Netscape it uses about 16Mb and launches another process (DNS
> Helper?) that uses another 7Mb.  I've seen several of these "DNS Helpers"
> running.

If you don't have a lot of memory to spare, you can disable the "DNS helpers"
by setting the environment variable MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS to "True".

export MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True




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