Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:03:34 -0800 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@MexComUSA.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system Message-ID: <36ABED16.111D4ACB@MexComUSA.net> References: <1476.917220230@zippy.cdrom.com> <199901250020.QAA22590@bubba.whistle.com> <199901250147.SAA03468@mt.sri.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > > I really don't understand the problems that everyone is having, > > > myself. I've been running netscape (communicator 4.5) in -current for > > > ages now and just switched to 4.0 without any problems. My netscape > > > still continues to function just fine and has never crashed any of > > > my system so much as once. > > > > > > Why the wide disparity in experience, I wonder? > > > > Do you ever run Java applets? Netscape 4.5 seems to work fine > > until running Java, which kicks off some sort of time bomb. > > Death is not immediate, but it is guaranteed. > > Agreed. However, I disabled Java, and I can also get death anytime I > try to download a file using netscape. Not fun. > > In the interim I'm back to using 3.07, which is rock-solid but doesn't > support all of the java that I'd like it to. ;( > > Nate > I am current as of today 4.0, I have communicator 4.5 downloaded some time ago (November more or less) directly from netscape and installed in /usr/local/netscape with a link to /usr/local/bin/netscape and I have been using it all day with no problems. My intranet if full of java and haven't had a problem, knock on wood:-) I just downloaded a 9M file after reading your mail to see if that would cause a problem and it didn't. Netscape is "as stable as ever" on FreeBSD Current 4.0 for me. That bothers me:-) I wonder why? ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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