On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:09:03AM +0000, John Allen wrote:
> Kenn Humborg wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 09:23:13PM +0000, Martin Donlon wrote:
> > > Problem is when you close the original window all the others close too.
> > > ANyone got a better solution?
> >
> > That's a bug in Netscape (or some library it uses). Try firing up netscape
> > normally, browse around using 'right-click->Open In New Window' and then
> > close a window. Most of the time this crashes Netscape on me. It used
> > not do it. It started when I upgraded to 4.5 or something, so I downgraded
> > to the 4.07 I was running and the problem didn't go away. It really pisses
> > me off, because I'm a 'bunch-of-windows' type of browser user.
> >
>> Well I do this all the time with 4.7, and although it crashes ocassionally
> (once or twice a day), its generally OK.
Thanks for the data point. I reckon it's some funny interaction between
RH5.2/glibc2.0/netscape.
I'm planning a fresh install of RH6.1 soon. Hopefully that will clear it
up. If not, it will have glibc2.1 so I can play with Mozilla instead.
Later,
Kenn
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