[CLUG] Re: Problems with Netscape help requested

[Noel Dillane, Home Account]

Folks
Is there anybody on this list that could give me a hand sorting this
problem
I can't use Netscape unless I am logged on to the Internet !!!!
This is very frustrating
There must be some good networking skills in this group

thanks
Noel

"Noel Dillane, Home Account" wrote:
> 
> I am running SuSE 6.2 with supplied version of Netscape 4.6.
> 
> I have another machine running Linux also which is my dial out gateway,
> this all works fine.
> 
> When I run Netscape 4.6 on the Suse 6.2 machine if I am not dialled out
> to the Internet, Netscape
> just freezes and I have to use ps -9 PID to kill it . This means I can
> not browse internal LAN or write E-mail off line which is very
> frustrating. Once I am dialed out to the Internet,  Netscape is fine so
> this would suggest that I have a networking configuration issue with
> Suse 6.2. (The Suse 6.2 machine is a dual boot and when I run Netscape
> under Win 95 I have no problems)
> 
> I have diasbled all the logical things in Netscape (like check for mail
> every 10 mins and automatically download mail)
> 
> I have also the default home page set to blank (I also tried an Internal
> web server page) .
> 
> I have also tried the newly released Netscape 4.7 to see if this was a
> bug in Netscape but it does the same thing.
> 
> I feel it is something to do with DNS . Maybe a problem in
> /etc/hosts.conf with the order of hosts and bind but this does not make
> any difference

> thank you for the help
> 
> Noel Dillane