From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 12 9:56:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-f121.hotmail.com [216.32.181.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A6537B43C for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:56:39 -0700 Received: from 63.77.219.1 by lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:56:39 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.77.219.1] From: "Kenneth Mays" To: fullermd@futuresouth.com, Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com Cc: duhring@charter.net, ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de, mark@cnmnetwork.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ... Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:56:39 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2000 16:56:39.0783 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B77B770:01C01CDA] Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've noticed this on Solaris v2.6. It randomly did it but I also had issues with Microsoft IE on Solaris. I think I added a Java plug-in from Sun which helped my problem with Netscape. The Javascripting part was another mystery. Has there been any testing with Netscape v4.75 on Linux versus FreeBSD using Javascript and Java?!? Ken >From: "Matthew D. Fuller" >To: Helge Oldach >CC: David Uhring , >ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de, mark@cnmnetwork.com, >freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ... >Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:40:28 -0500 > >On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 05:57:49AM +0200, a little birdie told me >that Helge Oldach remarked > > > > The key to stability is: > > > > >Keep java-scripting turned off and your Netscape installation will be > > >stable. > > > > Unfortunately the number of sites that *require* JS is increasing... > >Unfortunately also, I still get crashes (granted, not as often, but still >far too often), even with JavaScript AND Java turned off. Mozilla would >be a step up, except it's also buggy, has a few (mis)features, and is >slower than crap. Mosaic would be nice, but it's missing a few key >features (read: STOP button). >\end{rant} > > > >-- >Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net >Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com >Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ > >"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I > haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message