At 15:27 02.07.98 -0500, you wrote:
Hello,
I am running SuSE 5.2 with standard kernel 2.0.34. I compiled in Java binary support in the kernel as a module.
And, yes, the subject is true - if I have Java enabled and go to a page that has Java, it crashes. If I disable Java in the browser, it works fine. I tried Communicator 4.04 (which comes with SuSE 5.2) and then upgraded to Communicator 4.05, both with the same results. I thought about getting rid of Java-binary support and see if that will help but I hadn't heard about it interfering with netscape anywhere else.
Maybe something related? Found this on <A HREF="http://www.ch4549.org/lust/lust.bugfix.001.html:"><A HREF="http://www.ch4549.org/lust/lust.bugfix.001.html:</A">http://www.ch4549.org/lust/lust.bugfix.001.html:</A</A>> quote Crashes whenever running a Java-applet. Ends with "bus error" message. Caused by Netscape compiling with dynamic libraries that you might have a slightly different version of. The simplest thing to do is to get gnumalloc [.o or .so] precompiled by some kind soul. Then mv netscape netscape.bin and write a small shellscript for netscape with the crucial words LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/gnumalloc.o just before the call to netscape.bin $*. I suppose gnumalloc hangs around the archive sites, but an archie search will throw up a copy. /unquote I take no responsibilities whatsoever for any burning or crashing linux boxes... Regards, Jimi - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e