Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 07 Nov 1996 12:44:21 -0600 | From | Robert Wuest <> | Subject | Re: Problems with netscape in 2.0.24 |
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Nuno Grilo wrote: > > On 5 Nov 1996, stephen farrell wrote: > > > andersee@et.byu.edu (Erik B. Andersen) writes: > > > > netscape does have a bug. i have already provided them with specific > > information about what that might be related to (david lea's malloc -- > > the one used by default in libc 5.2.13 and newer -- does not tolerate > > deletes on non-malloc'd memory... and i think there was another > > suggestion, which i also forwarded to jwz.) i think the best thing > > for linux users to do is to use the LD_PRELOAD directive to point > > their netscape to a old libc (or, a new libc compiled with old malloc > > -- i've got this if anyone wants it), and, of course, to keep > > improving their OS so that it will be financially viable for companies > > like netscape to spend more money supporting linux. > > > Wouldn't it be possible to just compile the old malloc into a shared > library and LD_PRELOAD that instead of the whole libc.5.2.18? > > That way we could save a lot of memory
I think there's more to it than just libc and which malloc is used.
All of the sudden I have started getting the bus error. I went a long time since the last time I saw this error. I have Java disabled. I'm running 2.0.23 ('cause 2.0.24 has the slow X thing).
I tried the LD_PRELOAD from a script and still got the bus error. I then downgraded completely to libc.so.5.2.18 - still got the bus error.
It never happens reading mail. It has happened once in the web browser. It always happens when I try to read a posting from a newsgroup.
There must be something more than just the malloc problem.
The only system changes I have made betwwen when it worked and now is I have installed libpng and libtiff and made a symlink from libz to libgz to run the latest xpaint. AFAIK, no other ibs got changed.
I'm back to libc.so.5.3.12 now and using tin to read news. First time - it looks OK.
Robert -- mailto:rwuest@ix.netcom.com Empowered by Linux.
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