Hi,
I am running RH 6.0 and Netscape 4.7.
Netscape works fine if started with a connection to the internet already
open, but I have found that it locks up if it is started with no active
network connection.
The symptoms are:
Netscape starts up OK and displays the initial screen, but any attempt
to interact with it causes it to freeze completely. The only remedy is
to nuke it.
I first noticed this at home/office, where I am still using a modem
(cable modems arrive in my area soon - yay!), and thought that it was a
problem with my individual setup that I was unable to find, so have been
living with dialling my ISP before starting Netscape. Thereafter, as
long as I start (say) the email client while connected, I can disconnect
and everything carries on working. This cures the symptoms, but not the
cause.
I have recently been doing some work for a company on a DSL link. This
link was down for a couple of days last week while the service changed
over from static IP to DHCP and I had to go in and change their email
and web connections over to modem use for the duration of the changeover
(and then back again).
While this was happening, I found the exact same symptoms on their
setup, which uses RH 6.0 and Netscape 4.51 on their server.
Presumably, Netscape on linux is trying to connect to netscape.com when
started and locking up when it can't do so. The browsers are set to
start with a blank page in both cases, so this should not be happening.
Can anyone shed any light on this, or am I missing something really
obvious?
TIA,
Dave
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