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Re: Netscape 2.0 (fwd)



On Sat, 21 Oct 1995, Daniel Baum wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone tried the Beta version of Netscape 2.0?
> 
> Although the program seems to load and run OK, it doesn't seem to connect 
> to my name server, and so therefore can't find any URLs. 
> 
> It has stolen all my configuration files and bookmarks from the previous 
> version, so going back would be a problem.
> 
> All other programs find the name server with no problem, and work as 
> usual.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

This is a known (to the Netscape people) problem with this version of 
Netscape. They promised to fix it. Possible workarounds:

1. Try the same URL a few times. Usually, it'll work on the 2nd or 3rd try.

2. Run Netscape under gdb:

% gdb netscape
(gdb) handle SIGALRM nopass
(gdb) run


Gavrie.  

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