Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-16 Thread Fred Dech
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:58:24PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 13:10, Fred Dech wrote: > > > Other possibilities: the site uses Macromedia Flash, rather than Java. > > > Fairly stable, but maybe your X server isn't? What video card and sound > > > card do you use? >

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 13:10, Fred Dech wrote: > > Other possibilities: the site uses Macromedia Flash, rather than Java. > > Fairly stable, but maybe your X server isn't? What video card and sound > > card do you use? > > > sound card? good question. i never did plug speaker into that sucker,

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 06:47:39PM +0100, Bill Crawford wrote: > > .redhat.com/mailman/private/redhat-list/> > > On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Fred Dech wrote: > > > hi. > > > > certain URLs have been hozing my version of netscape 4.77 so bad that it brings > > my 7.1 box to a complete halt. it doesn'

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:15:52AM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 09:36, Fred Dech wrote: > > > > > still crashed. but i got to see the web-page briefly this time before my > > machine froze! and netscape definately implied to me that js and java were > > disabled befor

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Bill Crawford
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Fred Dech wrote: > hi. > > certain URLs have been hozing my version of netscape 4.77 so bad that it brings > my 7.1 box to a complete halt. it doesn't happen often and i've just been > viewing those URLs on a companion MS box. but. i actually have to manually > fsck my /h

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 09:36, Fred Dech wrote: > > > still crashed. but i got to see the web-page briefly this time before my > machine froze! and netscape definately implied to me that js and java were > disabled before i re-hit that site. lots of js in the page source, too. > although i can't

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread daniel
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Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
ok. last one. then i'll drop this. i found the item which is, i think, causing netscape to crash my system: Copyright © 2001 Nelson-Rigg USA, Inc. All right s reserved. what is an .swf file? is that shock wave flash? i hate it when my machine crashes. any suggestions on how i might guar

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:54:30AM -0500, Ken Kirchner wrote: > > I'd put money on Java or Javascript as being the true culpret. Find a site > that hoses netscape, then go into your prefs and disable java/javascript > and try that site again. Netscapes Java just plain sucks. > > -Ken > still

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
ok, Ken. i'm gonna try this. from another machine, i did notice that the site that crashed my system earlier today had some cool motorcycle revving audio. surely what crashed me here. ironic, too. since the MC revving is kinda like a free-spirit, rebel-type thing that would work on my Windows

Re: tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Ken Kirchner
I'd put money on Java or Javascript as being the true culpret. Find a site that hoses netscape, then go into your prefs and disable java/javascript and try that site again. Netscapes Java just plain sucks. -Ken On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Fred Dech wrote: > hi. > > certain URLs have been hozing my

tracking system crash?

2002-04-15 Thread Fred Dech
hi. certain URLs have been hozing my version of netscape 4.77 so bad that it brings my 7.1 box to a complete halt. it doesn't happen often and i've just been viewing those URLs on a companion MS box. but. i actually have to manually fsck my /home partition after each of these crashes and it's