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Quote:> What is netscape's (4.05 linux) DNS helper doing?

my old problem:

Quote:> On my Linux system ( Slackware, kernel 1.2.13 )  I use Communicator
> 4.04.   It's a very nice upgrade from 2.02.
> BUT it locks-up a lot !
> I've noticed; by using the "ps -x" command; that it locks-up when ever
> Communicator calls another program,
> "DNS helper".  What is this program ( perhaps a Java script ) ?  And has
> anyone else had this problem and know a solution ?

   The DNS Helper process is to do async DNS lookups.  It gave me
   quite a bit of problem when I was using the Digital Unix Beta
   version.  To disable it, set:

   MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True

Hope this answers you question.

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