Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 12:19:12 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: dave@allunix.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FBSD + KDE + Netscape == STABLE?? Message-ID: <00040112195001.00346@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <200003290236.SAA05148@web1.allunix.com>
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I am running FreeBSD 3.3 KDE 1.2 With Netscape Communicator 4.6 It works prefectly On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, dave@allunix.com wrote: > Are you running 3.4 Release or stable? > > I have never had any problems but I know that there have been > complaints in the past about the port of netscape to FreeBSD > being unstable. What version of Netscape and KDE are you using? > Did you build them from the ports collection? > > More information would be great. > > David DeTinne > > On 28 Mar 00, at 21:27, Jim Freeze wrote: > > > I have recently converted my home windows system to FBSD. > > While it has been quite a learning experience, and I am > > still very much a newbie, I am enjoying my new OS. > > In addition, I have installed it on a machine at work, > > and things seem to be running fine. > > > > However, despite all I have been reading, my experience > > with the stability of fbsd on my home machine has been less > > than satisfactory. > > > > I am running 3.4-Release with KDE. > > > > Over the last two days, my system has crashed 3 times. > > Two times happened immediately after closing a netscape 4.72 > > browser window and once after closing a kppp config dialog. > > FreeBSD Stable & KDE == Stable?? > > > > Usually I was doing several things at once, and all three times > > I was connected to the internet with a modem using user ppp. > > > > I knew I was in trouble in each case when my mouse froze up. > > Shortly thereafter my system would do an automatic reboot. > > > > Trying to repeat the steps after the reboot to see if I could get > > it to crash again have always failed. > > Has anyone had these types of experiences? > > Is it just me? :) > > > > No, I was not logged in as root. > > > > Also, I can understand netscape or KDE being buggy and crashing, but > > shouldn't fbsd be robust enough to not die? I thought that's what > > un*x was all about. > > > > Thanks for any help, or consolation, here. > > > > Jim > > > > > > 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 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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