Subject: Re: mozilla-0.6 on NetBSD/pmax 1.5
To: Matthew Fredette <fredette@MIT.EDU>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/25/2001 13:34:13
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Matthew Fredette wrote:

> 
> [posted a week ago to tech-pkg]
> 
> Hi.  I've got a MAXine with 40MB memory running NetBSD/pmax 1.5:
> 
> NetBSD bulls-on-parade.home 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #48: Mon Nov 20 08:27:21 EST 2000     root@medusa.thistledown.com.au:/NetBSD/src15/sys/arch/pmax/compile/GENERIC pmax
> 
> I'm trying to run the mozilla package at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/pmax/All/mozilla-0.6.tgz
> 
> I read some previous posts saying that this mozilla must be run as
> root before it can be run as other users, so I've been doing that.
> 
> But when I start mozilla, it consumes CPU for a few minutes, but then
> falls idle, no window, no nothin', even after 30 minutes.  
> 
> I ktraced it somewhat, but I quickly felt overloaded.  The only thing
> I saw was at one point it was trying to find many shared libraries
> using only a .so extension (i.e., libXext.so), so I made suitable
> symlinks all around.  No difference.
> 
> Any ideas?  Thanks -

as far as i know the pmax port of mozilla was not quite finished.  someone
was working on it, but i think he got tired of working on such a _slooow_
machine.

so i think it means you're out of luck.

-dan