On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:38:10 GMT Geoffrey Baxendale wrote: > In message <c42a61d553.davem...@my.inbox.com> > Dave Higton <d...@davehigton.me.uk> wrote: > >> In message <mpro.n0iifp008cgrh041t.pit...@pittdj.co.uk> >> David Pitt <pit...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >Geoffrey Baxendale, on 4 Feb, wrote: >>> >>>> Is it just me, or is Netsurf's sockets system awry. After a modest >>>> browsing session Internet access freezes up due, I think, >>>> to sockets being used up. Qitting Netsurf restores order. It seems to >>>> have started about a couple of weeks ago. Not sure of the exact time. >>>> >>>> Risc Os 6.2 NS R1681. (JSoff) >>> >> >The same thing happens here with #1694 on a Raspberry Pi, OS5.21 >> (31Jan14). >>> >> >I have resurrected a Socket Counter application, !SockCtr, which dates >> back >> >to the time when Oregano2 managed to do a similar trick. It is a >> frontend to >> >David Ruck's SocketCount. >>> >> >http://pittdj.co.uk/software/index.htm >> >> Thank you for that useful app, David. It confirms Netsurf's problem >> nicely. The number of sockets starts off for me at 90, and gradually >> collapses. When it reaches 0, NS can't resolve the link. The number >> rarely increases at all. >> >> But the clincher is: quit NS, and the number instantly goes back up >> to 90. >> >> I'm confirming it with build 1694 and 1615. There's a big gap in >> the versions I've kept; the latest before 1615 is 1356, which behaves >> very differently. Curiously, the sockets are recovered not when a >> page closes, but when a new one is opened. >> >> Dave >> > As far as I can tell, 1614 is OK and 1635 not. Don't have any builds > between those here. When I have more time I will try and narrow it down > further. (All Non JS)
Geoff, can you use SockCtr and see if 1614 reclaims sockets under the same circumstances as 1356? This is worth adding to the bug report. Dave ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth
