[NCLUG] Netscape Instability
dobbster
dobbster at frii.com
Mon Nov 20 13:55:38 MST 2000
Hi,
For a long time I've been surviving with this issue, and I was wondering
if anyone out there knows the solution. Somehow I sense I can't be the
only one who has seen this.
The problem is simple: Every once in a while, Netscape Communicator
freezes up on me while I am browsing the web, and I have to kill it. I
can't see any consistency to this behavior; it almost appears random.
I've tried different versions of Netscape 4.6-4.7 but they all seem to
have this problem. I've also tried different kernels/distributions,
based on either Redhat 5.2-6.2 or Mandrake 6/7. The behavior is the
same, even on "out of the box" configured distributions. Occasionally
the X server itself seems to lock up and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace.
It appears the problem has something to do with ld-linux.so.2, which is
presumably a shared library used by Netscape. I also wonder if it has
something to do with DNS lookups. Honestly, though, I have no clue.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark (dobbster at frii.com)
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