From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 24 20:03:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08434 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:03:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.MexComUSA.NET (cm4094.cableco-op.com [208.138.40.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08427 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:03:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@MexComUSA.net) Received: from MexComUSA.net (cm4094.cableco-op.com [208.138.40.94]) by dns.MexComUSA.NET (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA97853; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@MexComUSA.net) Message-ID: <36ABED16.111D4ACB@MexComUSA.net> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:03:34 -0800 From: Edwin Culp Organization: Mexico Communicates, S.C. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams CC: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system References: <1476.917220230@zippy.cdrom.com> <199901250020.QAA22590@bubba.whistle.com> <199901250147.SAA03468@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nate Williams wrote: > > > 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? > > > > Do you ever run Java applets? Netscape 4.5 seems to work fine > > until running Java, which kicks off some sort of time bomb. > > Death is not immediate, but it is guaranteed. > > Agreed. However, I disabled Java, and I can also get death anytime I > try to download a file using netscape. Not fun. > > In the interim I'm back to using 3.07, which is rock-solid but doesn't > support all of the java that I'd like it to. ;( > > Nate > I am current as of today 4.0, I have communicator 4.5 downloaded some time ago (November more or less) directly from netscape and installed in /usr/local/netscape with a link to /usr/local/bin/netscape and I have been using it all day with no problems. My intranet if full of java and haven't had a problem, knock on wood:-) I just downloaded a 9M file after reading your mail to see if that would cause a problem and it didn't. Netscape is "as stable as ever" on FreeBSD Current 4.0 for me. That bothers me:-) I wonder why? ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message