Re: Netscape -- recent severe instability
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 11:24:52PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >Netscape is driving me nuts.
> >
> >I'm running 2.2 unstable (woody), with
>
> (potato will be 2.2, woody will be 2.3 or 3.0 I guess, despite what
> /etc/debian_version still says ...)
>
> > Package: navigator-smotif-461
> > Status: install ok installed
> > Source: netscape4.61
> > Version: 4.61-11
> >
> >Recently (within the past week), Netscape has become even more unstable
> >than usual, crashing when cycling through windows, raising or lowering
> >windows, or other actions. I have both java and javascript disabled as
> >they typically lead to similar behavior.
>
> Have a look at navigator-smotif-473, which is the latest version.
> Netscape is pretty hard to debug (grr, need source code ...), but
> upgrading to the current version might make sense if you're experiencing
> severe instability.
>
> >Window manager is WindowMaker:
> >
> > Package: wmaker
> > Version: 0.61.1-4
>
> My roommate uses WindowMaker on woody and either 4.72 or 4.73 (can't
> remember) and he hasn't commented on any such problems, so that might
> help.
I'm running a similar (but not identical) setup at work w/o problems
(well, not as bad, anyway).
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
Reply to: