From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 17:52:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA05276 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 17:52:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu (PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA05265 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 17:52:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA17496 for freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:52:25 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:52:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:42:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix28.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:41:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix28.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:41:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix28.andrew.cmu.edu.HP9000.777 via MS.5.6.unix28.andrew.cmu.edu.hp700_ux90; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:41:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0lOkCX200YUf0W70c0@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:41:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (freefall.cdrom.com) Subject: Re: Netscape floating point exception CC: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199604082157.HAA00202@nemeton.com.au> References: <199604082157.HAA00202@nemeton.com.au> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ---- Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org