From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 7 20:43:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA27653 for current-outgoing; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 20:43:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from thunderdome.plutotech.com (root@thunderdome.plutotech.com [206.168.67.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA27638 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 20:43:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@panzer.plutotech.com) Received: from panzer.plutotech.com (ken@panzer.plutotech.com [206.168.67.125]) by thunderdome.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA03830; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:43:17 -0700 (MST) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id VAA21558; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:43:14 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199712080443.VAA21558@panzer.plutotech.com> Subject: Re: Oddity with netscape and current In-Reply-To: <19971207210544.52901@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Dec 7, 97 09:05:44 pm" To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:43:14 -0700 (MST) Cc: shocking@mailbox.uq.edu.au, Studded@dal.net, brian@awfulhak.org, jfieber@indiana.edu, dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au, bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Kenneth Merry X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28s (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Randall Hopper wrote... > So, while we're on the subject, could you all try a 4.04 test?: > > 1) In 4.04, turn ON Java and Javascript & turn OFF auto-loading of > images. Then exit 4.04. > > 2) Finally, invoke: > > \ > 'http://necxdirect.necx.com:8002/cgi-bin/auth/docroot/index.html?nonce=guest' > > If you don't get a lock-up, I'd sure like to see your wrapper script and > preferences.js! This is just one of many pages on which 4.04 here freezes > and takes any remaining CPU with it. My solution has just been to disable Java when going to their web page. It's a rogue java applet that causes the problem, so turning off Java does the trick. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com