From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 05:28:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA08489 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 05:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.com (ip14-max1-fitch.zipnet.net [199.232.245.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA08483 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 05:28:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id IAA01989; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 08:23:35 -0400 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199604091223.IAA01989@hda.com> Subject: Re: Netscape floating point exception To: giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 08:23:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: dcv@panix.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604082157.HAA00202@nemeton.com.au> from "Giles Lean" at Apr 9, 96 07:57:31 am Reply-to: hdalog@zipnet.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 03:57:41 -0400 (EDT) Dimitri Vlahakis wrote: > > > I've installed the netscape atlas beta into my freebsd 2.1 system using > > the port makefile. Unfortunately, whenever I try to run it I get the > > opening window, but when I click on the window and it then tries to load > > netscape's page it dumps core and exits with the message "floating > > exception" The same thing happened when I tried running netscape 2.1. > > I've seen this on a machine without a math co-processor (a 486SX) > which was using the standard math emulator and the BSDI version of > netscape. > > I would suggest trying the GNU math emulator, which is supposed to be > more complete. You need to re-configure your kernel to test this. > > [Regarding someone else's suggestion about limited memory: the 486SX > has 20Mb, so I don't think that is the problem. :-] There is something new in the Netscape home page causing floating point exceptions for FreeBSD. Specify an alternate homepage (e.g. "netscape freebsd.org") to get off the ground. -- Temporarily via "hdalog@zipnet.net"... Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267