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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:07:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>
To:        "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Subject:   Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901271104160.4181-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990127100231.A421@tar.com>

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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:20:14AM -0500, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > > 
> > > I still don't think we're getting any closer to the question "Why is
> > > Netscape unstable on CURRENT when it worked fine for me on STABLE?" The
> > > problem seems to be that those who know enough to offer a useful answer
> > > don't seem to be seeing the instability reported.
> > > 
> > > So if this thread isn't going to be dropped, the focus should probably
> > > be shifted to "What information should we request from people who have
> > > this problem?"
> > > 
> > > Ciao,
> > > Sheldon.
> > 
> > If you have Netscape problems, it would be worthwhile to try removing
> > -DVM_STACK from src/sys/compile/BLAH/Makefile and doing a make clean all
> > install. I am pretty certain this is the cause of Netscape crashing, at least
> > on startup...
> 
> Anything is possible.  FWIW, though, I've been running with -DVM_STACK 
> enabled for over a month, and I use Netscape 4.5 everyday, and never had 
> a problem.  


Netscape 4.08 here, never had VM_STACK being used before.... most recent kernel.
I booted with a new kernel to find out netscape sig11d on start-up. Then I
booted /kernel.old and Netscape worked fine. So I booted a brand-new kernel
without VM_STACK and Netscape runs. Go figure? :) The old kernel had not
VM_STACK. Anyhoo, I'm making world in hopes of getting rid of that damned ps
error.

> 
> -- 
> Richard Seamman, Jr.          email: dick@tar.com
> 5182 N. Maple Lane            phone: 414-367-5450
> Chenequa WI 53058             fax:   414-367-5852
> 

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