Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 02:01:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Hummel <hummel@www.snybuf.edu> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone noticed the new FreeBSD Netscape looping? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970813015507.2859A-100000@www.buffalostate.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970812191729.5449A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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It seems to work fine on my system, even with 3 or 4 open. The graphics look a lot better on my crappy old VGA than with Netscape 3.1. I'm running it on 2.2-970801-RELENG, AMD 486 133, 32meg, 2 meg video. On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I've noticed that the new FreeBSD-specific Netscape 4.02b<whatever> > > seems to have a tendency to go into a hard loop upon trying to exit. > > Occasionally it does it when starting. > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE on a machine with 16Mb of > > memory, and I'm here to tell you that this puppy page-thrashes, especially > > when you try using the newsreader section. The solution to that is, > > "Buy more memory," or, alternatively, "Run a Web browser that's not such > > a pig." > > > > However, this looping behavior is worrisome because it doesn't > > happen every time, just 2/3 of the time. This Is Not Good. > > Ive been running it for the last few days and have had zero problems. It > hasnt crashed once, and everything appears to work, include Java. I was > never able to get any of the BSDI version to work with Java, but the one > for FreeBSD worked out of the box using the Netscape installer. This > version of Netscape seems a LOT faster than any other version of Netscape > I have used in FreeBSD. > > >
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