This seems to be similar to the description of bug# 2096, every time java comes up on a site, netscape immeadiately crashes this happens both with netscape 4.08, and 4.51. this happens both on a Compaq P2 350 running RH 5.9, and on a Dell P5 200 running Raw Hide 1.3.4
Try running 'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi` and then '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart`. Does that solve the problem?Try running 'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi` and then '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart`. Does that solve the problem? ------- Email Received From Todd Byrd <tbyrd.com> 04/27/99 15:53 -------
I have installed a download RH 6.0 (29/4 as workstation and have had the same problem - the fix suggested worked for me
I also had this problem, and this fix worked. Are you planning to issue an updated package soon?
I have installed a RH 6.0 (02/5 on P2 350 and have had the Bus error problem ) - the fix worked for me should think to update the RH6.0 package early
*** Bug 3062 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When i try to access some pages that have some Java content, Netscape (from RH60) crashes, and close all its windows. Examples: http://www.palmtec.com/ and the Yahoo games (blackgammon) This is really annoying! ------- Additional Comments From jturner 05/26/99 11:05 ------- *** Bug 3063 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When i try to access some pages that have some Java content, Netscape (from RH60) crashes, and close all its windows. Examples: http://www.palmtec.com/ and the Yahoo games (blackgammon) This is really annoying! ------- Additional Comments From jbj 06/03/99 12:46 ------- *** Bug 3110 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When accessing some web pages with Java content, Netscape crashes; all it's windows are closed. An example is http://www.palmtec.com/ Another is Yahoo games (blackgammon) I've submitted this once again, then appeared as Solved, but it's not (no upgrade available on any package).
*** Bug 3131 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Enabling Java on Netscape 4.51 and 4.6 causes netscape to crash when it encounters an applet with the command line report of a bus error on an HP Vectra VL8 computer. Attemps to open the java console on Netscape cause the same problem.
*** Bug 3240 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Despite the fact that I've seen this bug mentioned four or so times, I thought I'd relay that I am having this same problem, as is a buddy of mine here at work. It seems that on the machines which we did fresh installs (2) we have this problem. On his machine at work, which he updated, he's not having this problem. Could it be the JIT compiler? It seems that if you turn of JIT, netscape doesn't have this problem. 2 more for the netscape bug... Score.
*** Bug 3222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Perhaps this is a known issue. I was running the netscape-common|navigator 4.51 packages, and upgraded to 4.6, from the updates RPMs (obtained from metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/updates). Any page that starts Java causes the browser to die. It gives a "Bus error". Sounds like the problems we used to have that necessitated doing LD_PRELOAD stuff, no?
*** Bug 3490 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Netscape 4.51 and 4.6 (downloaded from errata page) crash with a bus error when java is started. I cannot view any pages with that contain java.
'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' Then restart xfs
*** Bug 2711 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** User may find sitations where the correct fonts are not being displayed, or upon going to a java enabled page with Netscape, it will immediately crash out. ------- Additional Comments From jturner 05/10/99 13:46 ------- Recommeded workaround is to run "chkfontpath --list" and verify that all necessary fonts are listed. If something is missing, run "chkfontpath --add PATH-TO-FONT" which will add that font and should take care of the problem. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/11/99 10:16 ------- *** Bug 2651 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** A fresh workstation install leaves netscape-communicator that has a bus error when running Java applets. This does not happen with an upgrade from 5.2. Adding compatability libraries seems to fix it. The dependencies for the netscape-common rpm should be fixed. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/10/99 10:00 ------- run 'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi', and restart the font server. This should fix the problem. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/11/99 10:35 ------- *** Bug 2495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Netscape Crash when i go to a site with java. If i disable java it works fine. I use redhat 6.0 the sites i have tried is : chat.everyday.se sydsvenskan.se ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/03/99 11:03 ------- run 'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi', then restart the font server ('/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart'). Does that solve the problem? ------- Additional Comments From jflythe 05/11/99 10:29 ------- I have been having this problem on both of my RH 6.0 systems. This fixed my problems on both of my systems. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/11/99 14:02 ------- *** Bug 2740 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** here are the events: i'm using netscape enterprise server on other computers and using my local computer to administer the servers. when i try to start an ssl based server on the remote machine, netscape pops up a window (java based, i think), and lets me enter the decryption key password. i type it, click ok and all is well. enter redhat 6.0 stock from the cdrom (using enlightenment). when i click "start ssl-server", netscape prints "loading java" in the status bar at the bottom, then crashes. now, before we write this off as a netscape bug, i decided to run netscape 451 from another computer (a sparc 3k w/ solaris 251) and export the DISPLAY to my redhat6 linux box. i do the same "start ssl-server" steps, and netscape again crashes. when i run the same netscape on the console of the sparc, it works fine. same if i run netscape 451 on win98. it just appears that the window manager, linux, or gnome is barfing at netscape wanted to display that child window for the password. i'm posting this as a gnome bug, but it could be something in enlightenment or X or who knows what. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/12/99 11:00 ------- *** Bug 2753 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I recently upgraded to RH 6.0 on my Micron Millenia PII box. Netscape has been suffering many many crashes. Any page with an embedded JAVA applet causes a crash as well as random other crashes. Crashes are always a result of a "bus error." I remember this being a problem with an old libc and memory allocation with Netscape 2.0 (I just remember patching my system for that)... I don't know if this is similar or not. I've tried downgrading my netscape packages as well as reinstalling, with no luck, so it seems that the problem might be elsewhere... -nate nate ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/13/99 15:38 ------- *** Bug 2795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When i go to a site with java in it or simply start the java console, netscape is killed !! ------- Additional Comments From jbj 05/16/99 19:42 ------- *** Bug 2495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Netscape Crash when i go to a site with java. If i disable java it works fine. I use redhat 6.0 the sites i have tried is : chat.everyday.se sydsvenskan.se ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/03/99 11:03 ------- run 'chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi', then restart the font server ('/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart'). Does that solve the problem? ------- Additional Comments From jflythe 05/11/99 10:29 ------- I have been having this problem on both of my RH 6.0 systems. This fixed my problems on both of my systems. ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/11/99 10:35 ------- *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2711 *** ------- Additional Comments From notting 05/17/99 17:50 ------- *** Bug 2887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When loading the URL http://java.sun.com netscape crashes. The last lines of strace are: --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- getpid() = 922 kill(922, SIGBUS) = 0 --- SIGBUS (Bus error) --- +++ killed by SIGBUS +++ And yes, the environment variable CLASSPATH is unset. ------- Additional Comments From bpinaud 05/17/99 19:08 ------- I have installed Communicator 4.6 (in tar.gz) and set the CLASSPATH, but now, netscape is not killed but the page is displayed and the applet is not running like the java console which doesn't work ------- Additional Comments From notting 06/17/99 10:42 ------- *** Bug 3522 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Multiple versions of Netscape (4.08, 4.51, 4.6) crash with a bus error when navigating to a site with Java applets. As soon as the status bar reads "Starting Java", the application dies. As reported by Kalle Korpijoki <KKJOKI> (and probably several others) reported, this problem is solved by adding the entry: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi as the last entry of the "catalogue=" field in /etc/X11/fs/config. The font server must be restarted by typing: /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart from an xterm running as root. Thanks to the folks on Deja.com for finding and posting a (the?) solution. -Mike Panzitta mike ------- Additional Comments From alan 06/18/99 10:17 ------- Mike Shaver of netscape has confirmed this is a problem with the sun jdk code and the font setup. They don't appear to plan to fix i, s the work around will be needed.
*** Bug 3585 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** On trying to run Java in Netscape (vers. 4.51, 4.6 and 4.61) Netscape simply crashes with a Bus Error. This never happened with RedHat 5.2.
I had the problem, too, using RedHat 6.0 (Intel) and Netscape Communicator 4.61 (US). However, the recommended 'chkfontpath' fix seems to have cured the problem.
the 'chkfontpath' fix did not solve the problem for me. In order to resolve this issue I needed to edit /etc/X11/fs/config by hand and move the 75dpi font to the end of the list and restart xfs. This has resolved the issue on several different machines.