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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:10:07 -0500
From:      Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
To:        Kenneth Merry <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Oddity with netscape and current
Message-ID:  <19971208081007.30060@ct.picker.com>
In-Reply-To: <199712080443.VAA21558@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth Merry on Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 09:43:14PM -0700
References:  <19971207210544.52901@ct.picker.com> <199712080443.VAA21558@panzer.plutotech.com>

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Kenneth Merry:
 |Randall Hopper wrote...
 |> So, while we're on the subject, could you all try a 4.04 test?:
 |> 
 |>      1) In 4.04, turn ON Java and Javascript & turn OFF auto-loading of
 |>         images.  Then exit 4.04.
 |> 
 |>      2) Finally, invoke:
 |> 
 |>         <your-personal-ns4.04-hack-wrapper-script> \
 |>             'http://necxdirect.necx.com:8002/cgi-bin/auth/docroot/index.html?nonce=guest'
 |> 
 |> If you don't get a lock-up, I'd sure like to see your wrapper script and
 |> preferences.js!  This is just one of many pages on which 4.04 here freezes
 |> and takes any remaining CPU with it.
 |
 |	My solution has just been to disable Java when going to their web
 |page.  It's a rogue java applet that causes the problem, so turning off
 |Java does the trick.

That's been my work-around as well.  

I notice this doesn't happen with 3.01 or 3.02.  But it does with Solaris
4.04 as well though.  I wonder if this is a bug in the Java implementation
or a flaw in the applet.

I forwarded the info onto necx for them to look into.

Randall




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