Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often

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From: Ville Nummela
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:00

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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jan Houtsma wrote:

> I am running Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2.

4.08, you mean :-)

> For some reason when i try to view some web-pages, netscape completely
> hangs.
> Even the stop buttons dont work anymore and i can not close the program,
> only
> by killing the process!!
> I have the feeling it has something to do with Java stuff that is
> loading when i enter
> some webpages.
> Anyone else recognizes this problem and hopefully someone knows a
> solution
> because its very annoying!

Here's the solution for you: Go to netscape's www-site, there is a page
which tells you with which shared libraries was netscape compiled.
Upgrading to the same versions helps a lot with these hangs (I can't
remember when was the last time my netscape hung :-)

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From: Ville Nummela <vnummela@lut.fi>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often
Date: 1999/02/13
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