On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:19:54 -0500 (EST), J. Bruce Fields said:
> On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making
> > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly
> > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris
>
> Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving, but it's not so
> particular--there aren't particular pages I know of that are guaranteed to
> make it hang.
>
> Mainly I've noticed that it has memory leaks. What works for me is I keep
> a memory monitor going (I run gnome, and have the memory/swap load
> monitors on the panel), and keep an eye out for creeping memory use.
> When I notice the memory use creeping up as I browse, I'll kill netscape
> and restart it before it puts Linux into full-time swapping hell.
>
> Turning off javascript and java might help too.
>
> Netscape can be a pain that way, though. Its the one program on my system
> that hangs fairly regularly. I feel your pain....--Bruce Fields
>
> The best workaround is apt-get install mozilla from woody.
