Subject: Re: netscape 4 on NetBSD 1.3
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/10/1998 12:25:04
I run Communicator 4 (BSDI) under NetBSD with no problems. Hasn't
crashed on me in months.

Manuel Bouyer writes:
> 
> Hi,
> did someone get netscape 4 (communicator) working under NetBSD ?
> The linux version, installed with redhat's 4.2 libraries, dies with a
> "bus error" before opening any window. Ktrace shows that it dies after a
> serie of calls to brk(), so I guess a memory allocation failed somewhere,
> but I can't see this in the ktrace (Yes, I've unlimit'ed everything
> before starting it).
> 
> I tried the bsdi version, wich goes furter. It can brose www servers and
> read mail. But when a user tries to send a mail, it opens a window saying
> "not enouth memory" (or something like this). 
> 
> Does someone have it running under NetBSD, and is able to use it to send mail
 ?
> For now I think I'll revert to netscape3.
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --