[H-GEN] Netscape and 2.2.6...

[R B]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs R B <louisxii at uq.net.au>)

Frank Brand wrote:
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> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Frank Brand <fbrand at uq.net.au>)
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> Rob Kearey wrote:
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> > (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Rob Kearey <r.kearey at mailbox.uq.edu.au>)
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> > Martin Pool wrote:
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> > > Netscape-4.08 and 4.5 just can't seem to stay up on wistful under
> > > 2.2.6: it sigbus's whenever it's under stress (more than one window,
> > > moving windows while loading, etc).  It was working fine under the
> > > stock 2.0.35 she used to have.  Has anybody else seen this?
> >
> > Me Too. I think it's a glibc problem of some sort. Complicated dialog
> > boxes bring it down in a heap as well. Most annoying - I've grown
> > accustomed to using Composer for quick and dirty web site updates
> > (sorry).
> >
> 
> I am told there is a bit of a fix on Sunsite. I have not tried it but it goes by the name of nets-2.0.tar.gz (if my informant is correct).

I was under the impression that 4.08 and earlier netscapes were for 2.0
kernels. Please correct me if I missed something.
I suspect that the 95/98/NT imitaion of Netscape under 2.2.# may be due
to the later glibc.

Ron

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