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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!multicast.news.pipex.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.agtac.net!news.telusplanet.net!news From: james earl <james_earl@telusplanet.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Netscape crashes X! Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:15:33 +0000 Organization: Abc Lines: 15 Message-ID: <32745D95.41C67EA6@telusplanet.net> References: <32704F9E.1781@ibm.net> <54rltm$el@bofh.noc.best.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ltbrpx02-port-34.agt.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Ron Echeverri wrote: > > In article <32704F9E.1781@ibm.net>, Jeff Genender <jgenend@ibm.net> wrote: > >I am wondering if anyone has seen a similar problem as me on FreeBSD > >2.1.5R. I have my X Windows configured nicely and runs most > >applicatations as expected. The only problem I have is with Netscape > >3.0 (BSDI binary). When I run it for a while (actually this will happen > >at any random time - 2 minutes, 5 minutes - who knows) The system locks > >solid. I cannot even get a telnet connection. There is no core dump > >and I have to reboot the system (uggh) with the reset key or repower the > >system. Do you run your dial-up networking (slip/ppp), from the shell? From my experiences, when I run PPP from the shell, then startx, netscape will crash (can't remember on what error, sorry).