From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 08:03:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02154 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:03:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.tar.com (ns.tar.com [204.95.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA02149 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:02:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dick@ns.tar.com) Received: (from dick@localhost) by ns.tar.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id KAA01327; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:02:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dick) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:02:31 -0600 From: "Richard Seaman, Jr." To: Brian Feldman Cc: Sheldon Hearn , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Andrew Gordon , current@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system Message-ID: <19990127100231.A421@tar.com> References: <74560.917435435@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Brian Feldman on Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:20:14AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:20:14AM -0500, Brian Feldman wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > I still don't think we're getting any closer to the question "Why is > > Netscape unstable on CURRENT when it worked fine for me on STABLE?" The > > problem seems to be that those who know enough to offer a useful answer > > don't seem to be seeing the instability reported. > > > > So if this thread isn't going to be dropped, the focus should probably > > be shifted to "What information should we request from people who have > > this problem?" > > > > Ciao, > > Sheldon. > > If you have Netscape problems, it would be worthwhile to try removing > -DVM_STACK from src/sys/compile/BLAH/Makefile and doing a make clean all > install. I am pretty certain this is the cause of Netscape crashing, at least > on startup... Anything is possible. FWIW, though, I've been running with -DVM_STACK enabled for over a month, and I use Netscape 4.5 everyday, and never had a problem. -- Richard Seamman, Jr. email: dick@tar.com 5182 N. Maple Lane phone: 414-367-5450 Chenequa WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message