Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:47:32 +0000 From: Tony Alexander <kojak@i.am> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd netscape-communicator-4.5 crash when clicking mailto-anchors Message-ID: <36A51994.41C67EA6@i.am> References: <199901201447.QAA00683@jau.tmt.tele.fi> <36A5EDE6.5644FF3E@tci.com> <36A65571.9E30D22A@aei.ca>
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Netscape 4-4.5 is a pig. Its extremely 'bloatware'. However much of the crap that stuck to it isnt present in 3.04 or 3.04 Gold which I consider extremely practical does pretty much the same and is faster. It's crash rate is minimal but its not totally immune. Netscape is currently being totally re-designed using the open source method of development (see www.mozilla.org). I know some people don't consider it a 'real' email client but it works for me. Tony Malartre wrote: > > Chris Tubutis wrote: > > > > "Jukka A. Ukkonen" wrote: > > > > > > Howdy! > > > > > > Has anyone else seen this happen with communicator-4.5 when > > > clicking mailto-anchors? > > > > > > 400 communicator-4.5 PSIG SIGALRM caught handler=0x9067b0 mask=0x0 code=0x0 > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL gettimeofday(0xefbfbb4c,0) > > > 400 communicator-4.5 RET gettimeofday 0 > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL sigreturn(0xefbfbbe8) > > > 400 communicator-4.5 RET sigreturn JUSTRETURN > > > 400 communicator-4.5 PSIG SIGALRM caught handler=0x9067b0 mask=0x0 code=0x0 > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL gettimeofday(0xefbfbacc,0) > > > 400 communicator-4.5 RET gettimeofday 0 > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL sigreturn(0xefbfbb68) > > > 400 communicator-4.5 RET sigreturn JUSTRETURN > > > 400 communicator-4.5 PSIG SIGSEGV caught handler=0x908620 mask=0x0 code=0xc > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL getpid > > > 400 communicator-4.5 RET getpid 400/0x190 > > > 400 communicator-4.5 CALL kill(0x190,0xa) > > > 400 communicator-4.5 PSIG SIGBUS SIG_DFL > > > 400 communicator-4.5 NAMI "communicator-4.5.core" > > > > > > First it gets a segmentation violation, tries to recover from > > > that one, and immediately (and rightfully) gets also a bus error. > > > > > > In general it is rather hard to recover from SIGSEGV, because > > > there is nothing much else to do, but a stack unwind, which > > > may fail, because the stack frames are already messed up. > > > So, the second SIGBUS is to be expected, but why does it generate > > > the SIGSEGV? > > > > > > Oops, I almost forgot this, but the binary is the one available > > > among 2.2.8 packages at ftp.freebsd.org. I did not compile it > > > locally myself. > > > > > > Any tips and ideas would be welcome. > > > > I think this is a known bug at Netscape - at least it is with the Solaris > > version. The workaround is to first open up the mail/news reader before > > clicking any mailto links. The number of bugs in Netscape is atrocious > > enough that I often use lynx for Web browsing. With AOL buying it, I > > don't know that the situation will get any better.... > > > > ct > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > And there are many more... My netscape 4.5 will not let mails on my > server if I say him to do so. I loosed 3 day of mails like that... > And netscape-mail crash a lot. > I think I will move to another mail reader. > -- > [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] > [French piss me off - Cartman, South Park][http://9.nws.net/] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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