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From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org>
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To: Janet Sullivan <eliyanah@techie.com>
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Subject: Re: Netscape crashes
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Janet Sullivan wrote:
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD 4.1-Stable and am having problems with Netscape
> constantly crashing (but only Netscape).  This has occured with FreeBSD
> 4.0-Release, FreeBSD 4.1-Release, and now FreeBSD 4.1-Stable.  I've
> tried Netscape 4.75 for both Linux and FreeBSD, but they but randomly
> die, especially when running JAVA applets.  I tried the BSDi version of
> Netscape 4.75 and it locked up my entire machine.  I have this same
> problem with Netscape 4.72 and 4.08.  I don't have any other
> applications that lock up, or that cause my machine to lock up.
> 
> Meanwhile I have Netscape 4.75 running on a RedHat box and it hasn't
> crashed yet.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I can make Netscape more stable on FreeBSD?
> Right now I'm running it off the RedHat box and displaying it to my
> FreeBSD X display, but this isn't an ideal solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Janet
> eliyanah@techie.com
> 
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Turn off javascript and java in the preferences. It has helped
immensely on mine. I've seen this mentioned numerous times in the
past.
-- 
Chip W.	
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