[SuSE Linux] Tuning TCP Params
My memory may be failing, but didn't I see one or more posts here about utilities that allow "tuning" of TCP parameters like MTU, Window size, etc? Or maybe it related to tuning the modem serial port. Dunno. (Wasn't 'setserial' though). My problem is that Netscape seems to load some pages very fast, but freezes part way through, requiring a killall. Almost like a buffer overrun or something. Howard Arons -- Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33 Communications by Mutt 0.93.2 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Howard Arons wrote:
My problem is that Netscape seems to load some pages very fast, but freezes part way through, requiring a killall. Almost like a buffer overrun or something.
That's a known problem with Netscape. Have a look at <A HREF="http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html"><A HREF="http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html</A">http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html</A</A>> Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil@stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
On Mar 01, 1999, Philip Stokes wrote:
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Howard Arons wrote:
My problem is that Netscape seems to load some pages very fast, but freezes part way through, requiring a killall. Almost like a buffer overrun or something.
That's a known problem with Netscape. Have a look at
<A HREF="http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html"><A HREF="http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html</A">http://www.penguin.cz/~stano/en/nspipepatch.html</A</A>>
Hmm. D/L'd the patch, compiled it as received--no errors, and installed. No joy. Yeah, I know that there's no warranty, but I'm not sure I have the patch set up correctly. I wrote a script containing the following lines: #!/bin/sh # Run Netscape with pipe patch LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libnspipepatch.so /opt/netscape/netscape -no-about-splash As far as I can tell from the depths of newbiedom, this sets the LD_PRELOAD variable so that only Netscape knows about it. Am I off base here, or what? Howard (time to 'killall -9 netscape' again) Arons -- Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33 Communications by Mutt 0.93.2 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
My problem is that Netscape seems to load some pages very fast, but freezes part way through, requiring a killall. Almost like a buffer overrun or something.
I've had this problem myself, too -- especially when lots of graphics are stored in Netscape's cache. Generally, the Netscape window freezes and blanks (goes white or grey) before I need to execute the killall. But -- the good news is -- the 2.2.1 kernel solved *most* of the problem. At least on my rig; your own milage may vary. I still have to call killall once a day or so, but the frequency's down to 200f before. I'd highly recommend compiling 2.2.x kernel and trying it out -- yes, the improvement might be that good. -- Glenn -- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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