Re: Netscape startup hangs
That's exactly it! It doesn't happen until it realizes there's an
interface, though, so if my dialup link is down, it doesn't happen, but if I
introduce a network card into the mix, and gateway through that, then it
grabs that interface and holds it hostage until it gets a DNS lookup.
I am on 2.2, have been for a while. I downloaded the tarball from Netscape,
though... 4.73 (with Java OFF, that is!)
The problem is I only have the one phone line, and diald has always been
troublesome, and I need Netscape for things like my wife's mail, and reading
HTML, as well as configuring the crazy router itself!
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:27:54PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote:
> I haven't been following this thread, so i gotta ask exactly where does
> it hang? I have had many netscape hangs right after you click the first
> time and it tries to load the "start" page. What happens in most cases
> is netscape goes out to try to resolve 5 or 6 various domain
> names(*.netscape.com stuff mostly) to test to make sure your DNS is
> working, and it can hang there(sometimes for minutes). Even if your DNS
> is working it still may hang, i suggest runnign strace on it to see.
>
> strace netscape
>
> i have had this kind of lockup for a loooong time, but i don't remember
> it happening ever since i moved to debian 2.2, it uses a different
> versionof netscape(static motif ? i think), the generic one from
> netscape.com for linux(the versions ive tried) had this problem, but
> when using the static motif version(also when using netscape for solaris
> or IRIX) i never had the problem.
>
> nate
>
> Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> >
> > 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.
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