RE: Netscape disappears at times

[Michael Starnes <mstarnes99 yahoo com>]

I'm using a 486-66 with Netscape 4.07 that was installed along with RH
5.2 and have no problems with that website. The Netscape application
does load slowly on this system and a few times Netscape closed when I
clicked the file menu Other than that it works ok.

Regards,
Mike




---Gerry Doris <gdoris home com> wrote:
>
> I have netscape running on two linux boxes.  One is a 486/133 and
the other is 
> a P2/400.  I have had the "disappearing act" only happen on the 486.
 It
> doesn't happen often but is repeatable when I hit that "special" site.
> 
> I believe it has to do with the speed of the processor.  I believe
that the
> slower systems have problems with netscape on some of the very
intensive sites.
> When that happens netscape just "disappears".
> 
> It doesn't happen for me on the esprit site (although the printing
on the
> missing kids banner is all scrunched up and is unreadable).
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> On 27-Feb-99 Chuck Hawks wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Here we are again with a puzzler.
> > 
> > When I go to some websites, for an example http://www.esprit.net,
(not
> > picking on this one michael, it's just the latest to do so), my
Netscape
> > just up and disappears. No worning, just goes away. I can restart
and go
> > from there, just not at those sites that cause problems.
> > 
> > On Michaels site, it loads enough for me to see the page then it
goes
> > bye-bye. I looked at my /var/log files and found nothing
pertaining to
> > the problem.
> > 
> > Running Red Hat 5.2 with all updates as of last week, except the
kernal
> > updates (still trying to correctly compile the kernal. now stock
> > 2.0.36-.07 kernal.)
> > 
> > I have 64 meg swap, the / is over 900 meg.
> > 
> > Running AMD 486DX-100
> > Quantum 2.5 Gig HD (bios only allows 2.1 so thats what it's set to)
> >     (500 Meg DOS/WIN3.11, 300 meg free DOS, 900+ meg Linux native,
64
> > meg linux swap)
> > 16 meg fast-page parity memory (I think this might be the problem,
but
> > not sure)
> > 
> > This is with having Start, nxterm, UserNet, Netscape 3.0.4 running.
> > (This version seems to be smaller and 4.x.x was locking up my
machine. I
> > had to login on another console and kill user:chuck to free up that
> > console. go figure.
> > 
> > Top gives:
> > 
> > mem:   14652k av   14482k used   504k free 7520k shared
> > swap:  64508k av    6876k used  57632k free 
> > 
> > Netscape uses between 26% to 35% of memory used.
> > 
> > 16 meg of memory is planned for (payed from my account at the IRS)
> > 
> > If this is the case, any ideas possibly to force the machine to
use more
> > swap for this?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Chuck
> > 
> > -- 
> > Chuck Hawks
> > Greenfield, TN, USA-NA
> > Linux GNUbie since November 1998
> > Red Hat 5.2 - Netscape 3.0.4
> > 
> > 
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> E-Mail: Gerry Doris <gdoris home com>
> Date: 27-Feb-99
> Time: 15:32:41
> 
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