[ILUG] netscape problems

[Declan Houlihan]

I know netscape tries to get stuff from the internet, i think it
tries to get those icons across the top from the internet.
One things' for sure, it's a pain in the ass.
dec

Dermot Gorman wrote:

> Hi, just wondering if anyone has seen this problem before.
>
> I'm running a stand alone redhat 6.1 pc at home which is occasionally
> connected to the net via dial up and very occasionally connected to another
> linux home pc. The problem is that when netscape (4.72) is fired
> up it insists on stalling or freezing for about 2 -3 minutes after which it is
> perfectly usable. This is a fairly recent redhat install (2 months ago) which
> worked fine and did not show this problem until recently. Is netscape trying
> to look up eircoms DNS's while offline or is it a misconfiguration in one of
> the /etc files?
>
> any help appreciated,
>
> Dermot
>
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