Re: Netscape startup hangs
Nope, remember there's no startup page... the box is empty and the radio
button says Blank page. I also tried with localhost in there.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 02:27:17PM -0700, Michael Smith wrote:
> Fire up netscape, go to edit>preferences. Select navigator. There should be an
> option "Browser Starts With:" Set that to "Blank Page". You might have to restart
> netscape for it to take effect, but you have to restart it anyway (you can go
> file>new>browserwindow) to see if it worked.
>
> Jonathan Markevich wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to convert a spare old 486 into a freesco box (with diald), but the
> > problem is; I would like to be able to launch Netscape to administer the
> > thing (or read offline HTML pages) *without* dialing. Right now it hangs
> > for a few minutes before it gives up and lets me use it.
> >
> > When I have this pointing directly to my modem, it's not a problem, it
> > realizes there's no interface for it to use, so it lets me work with it
> > offline, but when I enable a gateway through my NIC -- sigh.
> >
> > How can I prevent it from trying to hit (home.netscape.com? Or something
> > like that?) the Internet until I'm good and ready?
> >
> > P.S. there is NO startup page set.
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