Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:07:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@rush.aero.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone noticed the new FreeBSD Netscape looping? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970812210431.22554B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199708122159.OAA00923@anpiel.aero.org>
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On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Mike O'Brien wrote: > I've noticed that the new FreeBSD-specific Netscape 4.02b<whatever> > seems to have a tendency to go into a hard loop upon trying to exit. > Occasionally it does it when starting. > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE on a machine with 16Mb of > memory, and I'm here to tell you that this puppy page-thrashes, especially > when you try using the newsreader section. The solution to that is, > "Buy more memory," or, alternatively, "Run a Web browser that's not such > a pig." > > However, this looping behavior is worrisome because it doesn't > happen every time, just 2/3 of the time. This Is Not Good. > > Mike O'Brien > I wonder if this has to do with 2.2.1 because I have seen quite a number of users with 2.2.1 reporting problems too. But it seems to run fine on 2.2.2 except for the occasional startup pause (15 to 20 seconds)... Occurs once in a while.
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