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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Netscape's Atlas for FreeBSD Bombs
To: mcs@vpm.com (Mark Stout)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:37:09 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199604090606.XAA16412@vpm.com> from "Mark Stout" at Apr 8, 96 11:06:00 pm
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> I think I remember seeing this come across this list earlier and didn't pay 
> any attention to it, and now I wish I did.  The new Atlas from Nescape is
> bombing with a 'floating' something error.  Is this a Netscape bug or 
> something in FreeBSD?  Any known fixes?

It's using one of the wierd math coprocessor instructions, probably
packed decimal or something equally dumb.  You can:

1)	Install a math coprocessor

2)	Rebuild a kernel with the GNU math coprocessor emulator
	(see /sys/i386/conf/LINT for instructions).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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