Netscape 54.78 stumbles over itself.
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore. Anyone else run into this? Jerry
Hi Try to start netscape by giving the command in text-terminal window. I had similar problem when clicking the icon in 7.2, but no problems when wrote the command in text terminal windows. I never solved that problem! Now I use konqueror, and I start netscape from text-terminal if I need it. Jaska. Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 03:39, Jerry Kreps kirjoitti:
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone else run into this? Jerry
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 02:46, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
Try to start netscape by giving the command in text-terminal window.
I had similar problem when clicking the icon in 7.2, but no problems when wrote the command in text terminal windows.
mmm... that's an interesting solution. I could create a bash script to call Netscape, and fire that script from an icon on the desktop. Jerry
I never solved that problem! Now I use konqueror, and I start netscape from text-terminal if I need it.
Jaska.
Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 03:39, Jerry Kreps kirjoitti:
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone else run into this? Jerry
Close all instances of netscape, then look in your $HOME/.netscape folder, you'll find a "lock" file in there. Remove it and try again. This lock file gets created when netscape starts, and can get left undeleted if netscape dies abnormally for some reason. As a side issue, why are you using 4.78 anyway? Konqueror is far more capable. And if you really want to stick wth netscape, then there is a 6.2 version out now. John On Tuesday 06 November 2001 1:39 am, Jerry Kreps wrote:
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone else run into this? Jerry
Hi I have this weird problem, that by making an icon to KDE desktop, and clicking it, it will launch 2 netscape, so the "later" one will complain about existin netscape running... That is why I start netscape with Alt-F2-netscape. Jaska. Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 12:20, John McNulty kirjoitti:
Close all instances of netscape, then look in your $HOME/.netscape folder, you'll find a "lock" file in there. Remove it and try again. This lock file gets created when netscape starts, and can get left undeleted if netscape dies abnormally for some reason.
As a side issue, why are you using 4.78 anyway? Konqueror is far more capable. And if you really want to stick wth netscape, then there is a 6.2 version out now.
John
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 1:39 am, Jerry Kreps wrote:
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone else run into this? Jerry
Is this problem still present if you change KDE's behaviour to 'double-click to launch applications'? Just a thought regards Anders On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12.51, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
I have this weird problem, that by making an icon to KDE desktop, and clicking it, it will launch 2 netscape, so the "later" one will complain about existin netscape running... That is why I start netscape with Alt-F2-netscape.
Jaska.
Hi Yes, it still behaves that way. I have updated to latest XFree-86 and KDE, but no help. When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird... Jaska. Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 12:52, Anders Johansson kirjoitti:
Is this problem still present if you change KDE's behaviour to 'double-click to launch applications'?
Just a thought
regards Anders
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12.51, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
I have this weird problem, that by making an icon to KDE desktop, and clicking it, it will launch 2 netscape, so the "later" one will complain about existin netscape running... That is why I start netscape with Alt-F2-netscape.
Jaska.
On November 6, 2001 10:45 am, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
Yes, it still behaves that way. I have updated to latest XFree-86 and KDE, but no help.
When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird...
Maybe your mouse is too sensitive? Sometimes I get multiple copies starting but it's always me on the mouse too long. Nick
Hi This is not happening with any other icon never!. So it is netscape-related.. I have created that icon several times just like I do with other programs, but it just keeps doing the same... Jaska. Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 16:40, Nick Zentena kirjoitti:
On November 6, 2001 10:45 am, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
Yes, it still behaves that way. I have updated to latest XFree-86 and KDE, but no help.
When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird...
Maybe your mouse is too sensitive? Sometimes I get multiple copies starting but it's always me on the mouse too long.
Nick
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 08:40, Nick Zentena wrote:
On November 6, 2001 10:45 am, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
Yes, it still behaves that way. I have updated to latest XFree-86 and KDE, but no help.
When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird...
Maybe your mouse is too sensitive? Sometimes I get multiple copies starting but it's always me on the mouse too long.
Nick
That was a possibility! Good thought! Under SuSE 7.2 Pro this wheel mouse worked great. I checked the Control Center and the settings are acceptable. Jerry
Hi,
* Jaakko Tamminen;
When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird...
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On Tuesday 06 November 2001 09:45, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
Yes, it still behaves that way. I have updated to latest XFree-86 and KDE, but no help.
When I create an icon to desktop, and select /opt/netscape/netscape as the program, and then click on that icon, it starts 2 copies of netscape... weird...
Jaska.
I opened an xterm and issued "netscape &" Netscape opened without the error and the @lock file appeared in the .netscape subdir. When I closed that instance of Netscape the lock file dissappeared! Everything worked as it should! I did a "whereis netscape" and got three locations. Two were links to the third, which was /usr/X11R6/bin/communcator. I had been running /opt/netscape/netscape directly, as an executable. When I pointed my desktop icon to the communicator script and set the type to "application/shellscript" netscape begin behaving correctly. Jerry
Viestissä Tiistai 6. Marraskuuta 2001 12:52, Anders Johansson
kirjoitti:
Is this problem still present if you change KDE's behaviour to 'double-click to launch applications'?
Just a thought
regards Anders
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12.51, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
I have this weird problem, that by making an icon to KDE desktop, and clicking it, it will launch 2 netscape, so the "later" one will complain about existin netscape running... That is why I start netscape with Alt-F2-netscape.
Jaska.
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 04:52, Anders Johansson wrote:
Is this problem still present if you change KDE's behaviour to 'double-click to launch applications'?
Nice idea. While I prefer the single-click activation, I am going to try the double-click and see what happens. Thanks! JLK
Just a thought
regards Anders
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 12.51, Jaakko Tamminen wrote:
Hi
I have this weird problem, that by making an icon to KDE desktop, and clicking it, it will launch 2 netscape, so the "later" one will complain about existin netscape running... That is why I start netscape with Alt-F2-netscape.
Jaska.
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 04:20, John McNulty wrote:
Close all instances of netscape, then look in your $HOME/.netscape folder, you'll find a "lock" file in there. Remove it and try again. This lock file gets created when netscape starts, and can get left undeleted if netscape dies abnormally for some reason.
Old trick. Doesn't work. The problem isn't that Netscape is stumbling over a PRE existing @lock file.... the problem is that Netscape is stumbling over the @lock file it creates in the process of instantiating itself. Big difference!
As a side issue, why are you using 4.78 anyway?
Reasonable question. Answer: Quicktime 5.x from Codeweaver installs into Netscape and Mozilla, and I prefer Netscape over Mozilla.
Konqueror is far more capable.
I agree. But, while Quicktime is *supposed* to work using Netscape plugins, it does not.
And if you really want to stick wth netscape, then there is a 6.2http://help.dal.net/docs/newbie.html version out now.
I have it. I prefer the the 4.78. Much faster. Jerry
John
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 1:39 am, Jerry Kreps wrote:
Folks, I notice that when I fire Netscape 4.78 (Which comes with SuSE 7.3) then promply displays a message saying a lock file exists, giving process id for it. I've started with no copies of Netscape running, fire ONE copy and immediately get the 'lock' message. Checking the processes I find three copies running, the first being the one "with the lock". IF I delete the 2nd and 3rd copie the 1st copy goes dead and killing it give an error msg saying it doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone else run into this? Jerry
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