From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 6 20:11:31 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA01468 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:11:31 -0800 Received: from user53.lightside.com (user58.lightside.com [198.81.209.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA01457 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:11:21 -0800 Received: (from jehamby@localhost) by user53.lightside.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA00343; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:13:12 -0800 Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:12:47 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: Re: netscape 2.0b2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Jake Hamby wrote: > 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... > As it turns out, I traced this problem to my dial-on-demand PPP setup. When I changed my hostname from the imaginary "buk.lightside.com" to the correct "userxx.lightside.com" where xx is randomly assigned (and corresponds to the actual IP address 198.81.209.xx for my Internet provider), and also added a: route add 198.81.209.xx 127.0.0.1 Then Netscape worked correctly. Thus, it seems like the locking file mechanism will have problems when dial-on-demand hangs up, and then reconnects with a different IP address. Be forewarned! I'm going to get my Internet provider to assign me a static IP address (he promised to do so for no charge) because dial-on-demand can screw up other programs (like tin) in similar situations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------