Netscape terminates with bus error

Support knowledgebase (netscape472)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Netscape: Version 4.72

Symptom:

Netscape crashes if you access web pages using java script or dialog boxes.

Cause:

Unfortunately Netscape Communicator 4.72 seems to be faulty here.

Solution:

You have two options:
  1. Disable the java script option of Netscape. As a consequence it might happen that you can't view some web page anymore.
  2. Get an older version for Netscape from here:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/6.3/suse/xap1/netscape.rpm
    You can install that RPM with YaST. Please read chapter 3.4.9 "Installing packages" on how to do that.

    Before you start this other version for the first time please delete the directory .netscape in your home directory. Don't forget to backup your bookmarks that can be found in that directory in the file bookmarks.html.


Keywords: BUS, ERROR, NETSCAPE, INTERNET

Categories: Network

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