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From: syntax <syntax@eramp.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any Netscape greater than 1.1 hangs!
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 18:13:28 -0500
Organization: National Knowledge Network
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Jonathan Sturges wrote:
> 
> 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

I can only tell you how I set up 3.0 netscape and see if it helps.

After extracting the files:
Move netscape to /usr/X11R6/bin
Move the nls dir. to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
Move the XKeysymDB to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11

Depending on whether you are running csh, ksh, or some other shell
go into your .cshrc or .profile file and set these variables

ksh:
XNLSPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls
XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB

csh:
setenv XNLSPATH '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls'
setenv XKEYSYMDB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB'

After you start netscape for the 1st time:
Move the moz3_0.zip into the .netscape dir.

If you have done all of that then you have me stumped.

syntax@eramp.net