Re: Netscape questions
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, paul wrote:
paul >1) whenever I launch netscape, top shows that netscape spawns itself as child
paul >process either one or two times. Why does this happen? Is this normal
paul >behavior for Netscape? If so, then why is the number of "child" Netscapes not
paul >always the same?
not sure
paul >2) Whenever Netscape launches more than one "child" netscape, it hangs (for
paul >varying amounts of time) before the browser becomes visible on my display.
paul >Sometimes it never appears, and my xserver (XF86_SVGA) begins to eat up
paul >processor time. Why is this. What is happening here? No other processes
paul >seem to be affected. (at least as is apparent from output of top.)
netscape uses a child called dns-helper and it tries to resolve some of
the netscape domains to see if DNS is working and because(i believe) of
the single threaded tcp portion of netscape this locks the browser until
the resolution is complete. this should only happen on initial startup
though. also when netscape is doing the lookup most of the time cpu % goes
to 100%
paul >3) Often sites with banner adds will cause Netscape to hang if java and/or
paul >javascript is enabled. I do not keep them enabled, but some sites require
paul >them for various reasons. Other times this has caused Netscape to dissapear
paul >from my display, (crash?) but Netscape continues to run in the backround and
paul >begins to eat up processes and memory. Once this happened and a mysterious
paul >symbolic link appeared in the home directory I was using before I could shut
paul >down Netscape. (this happened somewhere in the domain http://www.playboy.com)
paul > Are there hostile Java applets? Javascripts? How can I continue to use
paul >Netscape while minimizing security risks? (If there are security risks
paul >associated with Netscape 4.7)
happens to me a lot too, i try to keep java/javascript off for most
things, and turn it on for things that need it, if it crashes i just dont
go to the site. and i mail the webmaster to fix his page.
nate
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