Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:36:39 +0000 | From | Neil Conway <> | Subject | Re: That whole Netscape problem... |
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Linux account wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: > > The other day I turned Java completely off in 4.08 and it has not > > crashed for nearly 3 days. This is with kernel 2.1.132. > > Indeed. On 2.0.36 and 2.1.anything, I've seen Netscape eat the processor > and freeze with lots of those SIGALRM calls scrolling away to infinity. > Turn off Java and, though it hogs and hogs memory, it doesn't get into > this loop. > > So, may I suspect the JVM? I hear a new JVM is coming in 5.
Sorry to spoil the party but I never use Java (am I paranoid or isn't it about as secure as a paper bag) and I have regular hangs and crashes (like two-three per week) on 4.06 under 2.0.3x (2.0.35 at present).
I do usually have Javascript turned on, but that's about it. I use it for web and mail.
The symptoms are either of "Bus Error" (mostly) to just burning CPU and doing nothing (occasionally). Maybe I should strace() it next time it gets stuck in a loop, but I haven't yet.
Neil
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