From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 31 15:34:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA08166 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 15:34:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ki.net (root@ki.net [205.150.102.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA08159 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 15:34:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from scrappy@localhost) by ki.net (8.7.4/8.7.4) id SAA04145; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:34:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:34:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Sujal Patel cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape3 (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, Sujal Patel wrote: > > Can anyone Else Report success with "xset bc".. > Didn't make a difference over here :( > Here is my information BTW (answering Terry's questions): > > I've tried three different versions of -current [about 3 weeks worth] Using -stable here (maybe a week old) > Have tried fvwm, twm, and no wm Only tried olvwm for this > Have tried XF86_S3 and XF86_VGA (3.1.2) XF86_Mach64 3.1.2D > Have a Actix GE32 w/ 1Meg > Using a Mach64 ATI 4Meg VRAM PCI > > Sujal > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 16:42:38 -0600 > From: Tony Kimball > To: smpatel@wam.umd.edu > Subject: netscape3 > > Alright folks... After getting a working trace of the way netscape was > running, I've figured out that they are sending an illegal request to our > Xserver. This causes netscapes forked Java process to exit aburptly. Why > this only happens to some of us is still a mystery, but the solution is > simple: > > Type "xset bc" before you start netscape. > > No go on XF86_S3 3.1.2B 8bpp Diamond Stealth32 PCI 2MB DRAM. > > Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting System | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, Administrator | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://www.ki.net | Communications, Inc