Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 15:18:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: hdalog@zipnet.net Cc: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>, dcv@panix.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape floating point exception Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960409151731.24231p-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604091223.IAA01989@hda.com>
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On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Peter Dufault wrote: > > 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. Hmmm, so that's the problem but it seems to work fine when I open that page manually. wonder why? Richard
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