Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any patches?
On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making
> all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly
> potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris
Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving, but it's not so
particular--there aren't particular pages I know of that are guaranteed to
make it hang.
Mainly I've noticed that it has memory leaks. What works for me is I keep
a memory monitor going (I run gnome, and have the memory/swap load
monitors on the panel), and keep an eye out for creeping memory use.
When I notice the memory use creeping up as I browse, I'll kill netscape
and restart it before it puts Linux into full-time swapping hell.
Turning off javascript and java might help too.
Netscape can be a pain that way, though. Its the one program on my system
that hangs fairly regularly. I feel your pain....--Bruce Fields
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