Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:32:24 +0100 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Cc: lh@aus.org, culverk@wam.umd.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG, root@drama.navinet.net Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system Message-ID: <16686.917220744@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:23:50 -0800" References: <1476.917220230@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> I really don't understand the problems that everyone is having, > myself. I've been running netscape (communicator 4.5) in -current for > ages now and just switched to 4.0 without any problems. My netscape > still continues to function just fine and has never crashed any of > my system so much as once. > > Why the wide disparity in experience, I wonder? On my system, running the FreeBSD 4.0[678] or 4.5 version, the setting of MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS makes a noticeable difference. With MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS turned off, Netscape uses normal name lookup inside the netscape process itself. In 2.2.[78] this worked fine, in 3.0 I get frequent hangs if the name lookups take "too long". I can avoid the hangs if I make sure that the name to IP address is in my local name server cache (for instance by doing a manual nslookup or similar on the name). This is of course rather cumbersome. With MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS turned on, Netscape starts a separate (huge, resource consuming) asynchronous DNS lookup daemon. But I don't get the hangs. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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