Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:12:47 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: netscape 2.0b2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951106200900.334A-100000@user53.lightside.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951106195807.237A-100000@localhost>
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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.
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Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com
Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL
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