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Date:      Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:03:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>
To:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Subject:   Re: netscape 2.0b2 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951106195807.237A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951106195619.2899B-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu>

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Here are some Netscape 2.0b2 bugs that seem directly related to the BSDI 
version and/or FreeBSD's BSDI compatibility mode.  Is anyone else having 
these problems?

1) Whenever I start 2.0b2, I get the message:  "Netscape has detected a 
/home/jehamby/.netscape/lock file.  This may indicate that another user 
is running Netscape using your /home/jehamby/.netscape files.  You may 
continue to use Netscape, but you will be unable to use the disk cache, 
global history, or your personal certificates."  The odd thing is that 
there is NO lock file in my .netscape directory and I even deleted the 
entire .netscape directory with no change.  Also odd is that I can still 
edit my bookmarks and entries are being added to the disk cache even 
though the message says that this is impossible.  This did not happen in 
2.0b1 by the way...

2) When I run Netscape 2.0b2, I am getting messages echoed to console 
from syslog:

 Nov  6 19:50:56 buk syslog: /etc/pwd.db: Invalid argument
Nov  6 19:50:56 buk last message repeated 7 times

Again, this sounds like a FreeBSD->BSDI mapping problem.  Does anyone 
have an answer for either of these?  I also reported the first problem 
(as it is more severe, and less likely to be FreeBSD's fault) to Netscape.

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     Jake Hamby                         |   E-Mail:  jehamby@lightside.com
  Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona  |   System Administrator, JPL
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