On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 07:55:45PM -0500, Chris Gray wrote: > >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin C Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Kevin> Issue: Every web browser I use will lock up X hard and > Kevin> requires hitting reset. They lock up not all the time, but > Kevin> enough to be annoying. I may have stumbled into the > Kevin> problem, but not certain. So, heres the question: > > Kevin> What is gnome-name-server? > > It is an object broker. No I don't really know what that means. > Basically what it means is that whenever a gnome app wants an object, > they ask the gnome-name-server for it. > > Kevin> What does it do? There is not a man page. The net seems to > Kevin> lack much info also. > > I think if you look for gnorba or corba on the web you should find > something. > > Kevin> Could gnome-name-server be the source of the about problem? > > Not your web browser problem. That sounds like a general lack of > memory problem. I have the same problem with 32 MB. My solutions > include not running a resource intensive window manager (I use > blackbox) and monitoring the memory usage with the very cool program > wmmon. When I see that memory is getting low, I get out of Netscape > asap.
Yes, it is related to CORBA. Found that out a few hours ago. It is not a lack of memory problem. I run icewm with 256 MB of RAM. I have plently of unused memory and swap to work with. I guess the web browser problem could be DNS related, but I wouldn't know how to find out. I vow not to give up though. Kevin
