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.
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.
*** 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.
*** 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.
*** 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.
*** 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
*** 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 !!
*** 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 ***
*** 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.
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
*** 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
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.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2386 ***
*** Bug 3552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Loading any page with a java applet causes netscape to crash. It happens with communicator downloaded straight from netscape, as well. I have a AMD k6-350 on a VIA motherboard w 64 MB of RAM, 4.5 and 1.6 GB IDE hard drives, Matrox G200 AGP, SoundBlaster compatible ISA card, and a 56k modem ISA. I am running kernel 2.2.9, but it did the same thing with the stock kernel.
*** Bug 4260 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Netscape package shipped with RH6.0 crashes with a "Bus Error" whenever someone tries to run any Java applet. Upgrading to Netscape 4.6 (as per RH errata page) doesn't seem to help either. I have also tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.10, but no help again.
*** Bug 5022 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** This bug has appeared on sparc and x86 for me. The default install of 6.0 with Netscape, trying to use Java causes Netscape to die a horrible death (bus error). It seems that it is croaking in "GetFontList", and by reconfiguring xfs to look at all the available fonts that are installed (including the ones in /var/share/fonts/default) it fixes it. It shouldn't die getting a list of fonts. I suspect that it tried to get a list of specific fonts and couldn't get any, and got a NULL list back, and it croaked becaues it doesn't check for NULLs. But that is just my suspicion.
*** Bug 5123 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I am running all updates for rh6.0, I think this problem appeared after upgrading to XFree86 3.3.5-0.60. netscape crashes on every web page with a java applet, even on ones that worked fine before. It prints 'Bus Error' to the console. I'm using a custom-compiled 2.2.12 SMP kernel.
*** Bug 5156 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Hi All, I am an italian user of Redhat 6.0. There are some Internet addresses those cause the crashing of Netscape communicator. The URL are www.repubblica.it and www.corriere.it; I suppose there are other like these. When in the Netscape status bar is displayed "starting java", it crashes. Thanking you in andvance I wish you best regards
*** Bug 5320 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Every time I try to go to a page which contains Java applets Netscape says "Starting java..." in the status line for a second, and crashes with the "Bus error" message. I've tried 4.61, 4.6, 4.5, 4.08 libc5 and glibc2.0 versions. All the same... e.g.: http://www.wine.org
*** Bug 5442 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Repeat by: Start netscape under RedHat 6.0 as generically configured (I.E. with the GNOME session manager enabled by default.) Start the Java console from the Communicator->Tools->Java Console menu. Netscape dies with a bus error, but does NOT leave a core dump. This demonstrates that Netscape dies on ANY page that uses java. This occurs with 4.51 as installed in the usual 6.0, also with 4.6 as distributed in the upgrade RPM, as well as 4.61 (libc2 version) fetched from Netscape.com, which RUNS JUST FINE under RedHat 5.2 (and fvwm instead of enlightenment). This bus error occurrs both with MOZILLA_HOME unset (the default) and with MOZILLA_HOME set to /usr/lib/netscape. I think this is a RedHat issue more than a Netscape issue, since the same netscape binaries do work just fine under 5.2. Am I getting bit by a libc incompatibility? I am VERY surprised nobody else has reported so obvious a bug. A colleague with a similar machine and config to mine has ALSO reproduced this problem. I do not know if this problem affects other platforms than the i386. ------- Additional Comments From 09/30/99 23:10 ------- In my particular case, "chkfontpath --add ..." was not the fix. The 75dpi font path was already present. I noticed on my system that the 100dpi font path was reported by "chkfontpath --add" but the 100dpi font RPM had not been installed. My problem was fixed by installing the XFree86-100dpi-fonts package.
*** Bug 5559 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Every time a page with a Java applet is encountered Netscape crashes. Happens to both the version shipped with Red Hat 6.0 and to Netscape 4.61 Netscape 4.5 and 4.61 worked fine on the same machine when it was running Red Hat 5.1 I have installed Red Hat 6.0 on 2 different machines, one an HP Vectra desktop and one an IBM thinkpad laptop, and encounterd the same problem on both machines.
*** Bug 5620 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** when i go to some web sites netscape logs off to a desktop screen. I have 6.0 runing as a web server, but apache is not yet up It is as if I am missing something, i get no messages, netscape just disappears
*** Bug 5932 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Whenever I move to a website with a complicated java script, Netscape simply exits/disappears. If I try to run from Netscapes pull down window "Communicator/Tools/Java Console" it also exits/disappears. During Netscape startup, the /var/log/messages file contains the line entries "cannot locate module ppp-compress-21, -26, and -24. I've already gone to a mirror web site, downloaded and installed netscape-common-4.7-1.i386.rpm, netscape-communicator-4.7-1.i386.rpm, and netscape-navigator-4.7-1.i386.rpm. The exit/disappearing act hasn't been corrected. I am able to restart Netscape and get back onto Internet, but to stay up and running, I must stay away from complex Java screens. What's else can I do to correct this problem. I purchaased Redhat 6.0 early this summer.
*** Bug 6058 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** after upgrading to netscape 4.7 netscape doesn't work. The only error that I get is --> bus error
*** Bug 6073 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** When I access a site that starts a Java app, Netscape immediately shuts down completely. Happens everytime. Running Gnome with Netscape that came with 6.0 release. ???? Bryan
*** Bug 6513 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I have reported before that netscape disappears on some we sites when running gnome..>netscape from the console of redhat 6.0 I found out that I am getting a bus error. Please tell me what to do to diag. this problem. it only occurs in netscape and only on some web pages with banner ads that have motion. I uploaded 4.7 but no change occurred.
*** Bug 7727 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 9578 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 9813 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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*** Bug 11128 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***