this is normal, netscape is trying to resolve some domain names during that point..and i guess because of its single-threadedness(?) that it freezes during resolution(found it when running an strace on the process)
happens on every version of netscape/X i have used be it linux libc5 linux libc6, or irix nate On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote: nielse > nielse >I'm seeing this with netscape 4.72 (libc6 version), 2.2.14 and nielse >xserver-svga 3.3.6-6. If I bring up netscape, click on the location nielse >box and start to type, it will freeze every time. If I wait a few nielse >seconds after clicking on the box, the vertical cursor line will appear nielse >in the box and I can type without incident. nielse > nielse > nielse >On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 08:10:06PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: nielse >> hi sven, nielse >> nielse >> i'm experiencing this kind of freezes, too. nielse >> i also use kernel 2.2.14, but i'm not running debian (but suse) and use nielse >> xfree 3.3.5. nielse >> the programm that causes these freezes _seems_ to be netscape, but who nielse >> knows for sure ... nielse >> maybe because i own an abit board, too (it's a bx6) ... nielse >> nielse >> > I'm wondering how other debian potato-boxes behaves in X. I have a 2 month old nielse >> > potato system running on a dual-celeron, 256Mbyte ram and a Matrox G400. The nielse >> > kernel is a patched 2.2.14 (using the IDE-patch from hedrik). X freezes totally nielse >> > after a few days of use. Sometimes I'm able to go to a console and kill X as nielse >> > root other times it's necessary to log in from another workstation and kill X nielse >> > remotely - this is due to fact the my keyboard freezes too... nielse >> > Today it went really awfull. I wanted to try CivCTP on Linux to test the nielse >> > performance of my box. In the middle of the game everything freezes and I turn nielse >> > to another workstation to kill X remotely. This time it's not enough. I have to nielse >> > reboot the machine to get some new output on the monitor. nielse >> > nielse >> > Now my questions are: nielse >> > Has anyone else experienced the same kind of instability? nielse >> > Does anyone know if this could be due to... nielse >> > - kernel instability? nielse >> > - X instability? nielse >> > - my hardware? nielse >> > - potato instability? nielse >> > nielse >> > The fact is that I really hate to reboot my machine - it feels like I'm running nielse >> > Windows. nielse >> > X is XFree86 version 3.3.6-6 (svga). Mboard is Abit BP6 (not OC'ed). nielse >> > nielse >> nielse >> -- nielse >> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! nielse >> -- nielse >> Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need. nielse >> nielse >> nielse >> -- nielse >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null nielse >> nielse > nielse >-- nielse >Bob Nielsen, N7XY (RN2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] nielse >Tucson, AZ DM42nh QRP-L #1985 SOC #77 http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen nielse > nielse > nielse > nielse >-- nielse >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null nielse > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 1:08pm up 213 days, 1:40, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.04, 1.07
