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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!maui.cc.odu.edu!news From: jonathan@cc.odu.edu (Jonathan Sturges) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Any Netscape greater than 1.1 hangs! Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 03:37:35 GMT Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4tk03o$1cl@maui.cc.odu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp.cc.odu.edu Summary: Having problems with Netscape locking up after a few minutes of use. Happens on 2.0 and up! Keywords: Netscape X X11 hangs locks up X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Hi all, I've been having a problem for some time. If I use any version of the BSDI Netscape other than 1.1, they lock up after a few minutes. In the process table, they show 'RN' as their status. Also, they don't take down the system; you can -9 the process, and everything's great. They all work for a few minutes before they hang. It's as if a buffer somewhere fills up, and then the program dies. It does seem like it could be caused by this, or latency on my dialup PPP link, which is only 9600 bps. :-( Tested Netscape versions: 2.0, 3.0b4, 3.0b5a. Machine: Cyrix 5x86-120, 20MB RAM, FreeBSD 2.1-release. thanks for any help/experiences/advice!! Jonathan