From owner-freebsd-chat  Tue Dec  5 20: 8: 4 2000
From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Dec  5 20:08:03 2000
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25DF437B400
	for <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>; Tue,  5 Dec 2000 20:08:03 -0800 (PST)
Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net  with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19);
	 Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:06:23 -0800
Received: (from cjc@localhost)
	by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB647rg60279;
	Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:07:53 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from cjc)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:07:53 -0800
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org>
Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Arrgh - Net-scrape your brains off the wall
Message-ID: <20001205200753.E99903@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu
References: <XFMail.001205231240.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001205231240.dmlb@computer.my.domain>; from dmlb@dmlb.org on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:12:40PM -0000
Sender: cjc@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com
Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org

On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:12:40PM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Can anyone recommend a "stable" version of Netscape?
> 
> I've been trying to find which one out of
>         4.08
>         4.63
>         4.73
> doesn't crash (itself and X11 and then the machine) when surfing. To no avail.
> 
> So, what version is best for not taking out the rest of the machine?
> 
> computer$ uname -a
> FreeBSD computer.my.domain 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #8: Sun Nov 26 22:47:
> 26 GMT 2000     dmlb@computer.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/COMPUTER  i386
> 
> And, yeah I should move to 4.x sometime.

Any version with Java disabled is fairly stable for me. I has never
taken out my machine ever. It has been known to lock the focus on
itself and become unresponsive making X useless. But I Ctrl-Alt-F<num>
to a vty and kill netscape from there and all is OK when I go back to
X.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message