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The release version of Netscape 2.0 is constantly giving me bus errors.
All of the pervious betas were much more stable! I'm running RedHat 2.1.
Anyone have a suggestion?

Derek

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I've got RedHat 2.1 and I've run netscape 2.0b6 and now the 2.0 release for
a week or so with NO problems.

Quote:>The release version of Netscape 2.0 is constantly giving me bus errors.
>All of the pervious betas were much more stable! I'm running RedHat 2.1.
>Anyone have a suggestion?

>Derek

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Quote:>The release version of Netscape 2.0 is constantly giving me bus errors.
>All of the pervious betas were much more stable! I'm running RedHat 2.1.
>Anyone have a suggestion?

>Derek

Did you install the a.out library package?  I forget it's exact name.
Netscape requires these libraries, plus you will need the latest ld.so
package - I think it's numbered 1.7.11.  Netscape 2.0 is compiled with
a newer version than on the RedHat 2.1 cdrom.

Bill

Same problem here but I am using a relatively older version of slackware
Linux so I might have some problems with older versions of ld.so/a.out
whatever they are.

I will try it.

Pim

Quote:> Bill

Quote:>   I am running kernel 1.2.13/Slackware 3.0 ELF and Linux Netscape 2.0

release crashes for me too.  Not that often, mostly when I have a news
window open and

Quote:> I have it call a web page.  It's the same error too, a bus error .   Hmm.

Well, on my machine it does not even start up. After complaining (like
mosiac) that it cannot allocate colours (#B2B2B2B2, 'green' etc) it bombs
with:
buserror.

So maybe an upgrade can at least solve that problem.

Pim

: > >The release version of Netscape 2.0 is constantly giving me bus errors.
: > >All of the pervious betas were much more stable! I'm running RedHat 2.1.
: > >Anyone have a suggestion?
: > >
: > >Derek
: >
: > Did you install the a.out library package?  I forget it's exact name.
: > Netscape requires these libraries, plus you will need the latest ld.so
: > package - I think it's numbered 1.7.11.  Netscape 2.0 is compiled with
: > a newer version than on the RedHat 2.1 cdrom.

: Same problem here but I am using a relatively older version of slackware
: Linux so I might have some problems with older versions of ld.so/a.out
: whatever they are.

: I will try it.

: Pim
:  
: > Bill

  I am running kernel 1.2.13/Slackware 3.0 ELF and Linux Netscape 2.0 release crashes for me too.  Not that often, mostly when I have a news window open and
I have it call a web page.  It's the same error too, a bus error .   Hmm.

    Adam

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: > ...
: > Netscape2 crash on my machine (bus error) only if I tried to get some
: > Java applet.
: > I find at Netscape bug report that Java is only support in 8bpp or 24bpp
: > And I'm running X in 16bpp. So I have to change my XF86Config every time

: I love the net.  Here I've been wondering why I've been unable
: to get some of my favorite sites lately, but before I've even
: bothered to post to the net (what? me read the documentation?? :-)
: someone posts the answer for me!  Thanks Mykeul, you saved me much
: puzzlement.  Back to 8bpp I go, I guess!

It's a plot!!!  A plot I tell you!  The Vicious Video Card Cartel bribed
Netscape to do it, in order to sell more 4Meg video adapters to those of
us unsatisfied with the choice between posterized 8bpp images or 800x600
pixels or smaller!

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