Subject: Re: Netscape slowness (was: Re: Linux/NetBSD speed comparison.)
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: hg/jb <shsrms@bellatlantic.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/27/2000 22:13:32
Simon,
Are there any directions or hints around on how to setup a PC164 to
run netscape?
I thought there was some code or something that was required for
netbsd to run netscape. My 164 is running sweet, and i would
love to run netscape on it!
thanks
bob

Simon Burge wrote:
> 
> "R. C. Dowdeswell" wrote:
> 
> > On 964638524 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
> > Der Beagle wrote:
> > >
> > >I just tried "file->new->navigator window" a few times with "systat vmstat"
> > >running on the console and CPU idle never dropped below 96%.  So it
> > >doesn't look like memory bandwidth, zero-fill or otherwise, is the
> > >problem.  It also isn't hitting the disks at all.
> >
> > Okay, I've installed Netscape 4.73 locally on my PWS433a and although
> > file->new->navigator window takes human perceptable time it is
> > under a second.  I tried to look at systat, but it was all over
> > too quickly.  :-)
> 
> As a data point, I'm running 4.61 on a PC164 (500MHz), and it takes ~1
> sec to start a new window.
> 
> I saw mention of cvs.conf - my /emul/osf1/etc/svc.conf is the one from
> /usr/share/examples/emul/ultrix/etc/svc.conf
> 
> Simon.