Re: Netscape 4.5 glibc dies!
>> The subject says it all: My Netscape keeps dying. Often when it
>> stalls. If I switch virtual desktop (in fvwm2) and then go back to
>> Netscape, most of the Netscape window will be "grayed out" (you know,
>> it looks like a dying windows program). This has happened since a
>> friend installed 4.5 glibc for me, I had no trouble with 4.06. And
>> it's kinda sad, cause it's the only program that ever crashes on my
>> Linux box. Hope you can help.
>>
>> /Daniel Elenius
>>
> I'm seeing this occasionally. In some/most cases NS isn't dead, but
>merely hung because of a delayed/bad PPP connection. In those cases,
>just be patient and wait for it. Unfortunately, in the other cases NS
>really has died, and killing it is the only solution, and there is no
>telling these different circumstances apart. Alas, NS 4.5 solved some
>problems from 4.0x, but introduced a few new ones of its own.
But I have a 10Mbit ethernet connection for pete's sake! And it
happens quite often (though usually only when connecting to
transatlantic sites (that would be America for me)). Also, after I've
killed it, when I run 'top', there is two or three 'Netscape'
processes that eat ~45% CPU each! Please tell me what problems 4.5
fixed from 4.0x, cause I'm thinking hard of switching back!
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