Re: [OT]: Linux v.2.4.0 and Netscape 4.76?

J Sloan wrote:

>Just a data point - Netscape 4.76 is working wonderfully
>for me on several 2.4.x systems - well, netscape does die
>fairly often with bus errors, but when it's running it runs well -

I can be a little more specific on this point. Netscape with
kernel 2.4.0 _does_ connect/download at a few local (New Zealand)
web sites (maybe 10% of those I've tried). I can't download
from _any_ distant site. It doesn't die, it just doesn't function
properly.

Several people have suggested I remove ECN from the kernel, or
disable it. Well, ECN has never been selected as a config option
in the kernel, so this is not the source of the problem....

Thanks for your suggestion,
Roger Young.

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[e-mail] wrote:

> The problem: symptoms
>
> It concerns the behaviour of Netscape after upgrading from kernel
> 2.2.16 to 2.4.0. With the new kernel Netscape locates and connects to
> a URL, and sometimes begins to download, but then it just sits there
> indefinitely (without downloading any data).

Just a data point - Netscape 4.76 is working wonderfully
for me on several 2.4.x systems - well, netscape does die
fairly often with bus errors, but when it's running it runs well -

jjs