Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:41:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson <rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (freefall.cdrom.com) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape floating point exception Message-ID: <0lOkCX200YUf0W70c0@andrew.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604082157.HAA00202@nemeton.com.au> References: <199604082157.HAA00202@nemeton.com.au>
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This would seem a fine diagnosis, except I have a pentium (without math
copro bug) and I get the same problem. :)
Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 9-Apr-96 Re:
Netscape floating point.. Giles Lean@nemeton.com.a (843*)
> 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. :-]
> Giles
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