Re: [SLUG] Netscape error

[Michael Lake <Mike.Lake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> At some point around Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:13:35 +1100, Jason Stokes said:
> > Heracles wrote:
> > > >From time to time, usually after a few hours on the net, Netscape
> > > will crash and autoclose with the only error given being "bus
> > > error". 
> >
> > Yes, Netscape leaks memory like a sieve. Even while idle it seems to do
> > it.  It also can create dangling pointers.  If that happens it'll crash
> > with a "bus error", which is actually a memory error.

I get exactly that error also when using Netscape 4.7 on
Jill's Athlon runing SUSE 6.3 at home. I ended up shuting
down Netscape if I went for a coffee. Now we know its not
SUSE :-) 

Mike
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