From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Sep 24 9:56:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA3937B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B8743E8A for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:56:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0304.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.193.49] helo=mindspring.com) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17tsyx-0007iE-00; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:56:19 -0700 Message-ID: <3D9098F2.F8A16708@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:55:14 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bryan Dina Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netscape 4.78 on freebsd 4.5 freezing References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bryan Dina wrote: > I have netscape communicator installed on freebsd 4.5 and it randomly > freezes, except when viewing ebay and osnews.com. I at first thought it may > be something java or plugin related, but I think I have exhausted that idea > as I have played with the java settings and such to the point where I am > possibly ruling this out. I decided to turn to the list for any > suggestions, and maybe someone else has had this happen to them. Try Netscape 4.7 on Windows; I bet it freezes, too. There is a growing amount of "site builder" software that causes Netscape t lock up. CNN corrected theirs, after being notified, but it looks like redherring.com now has a similar problem. For m-w.com, I was able to workaround the problem by turning off CSS. Your mileage may vary. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message