Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 2940
Netscape-4.51 (and also Netscape-4.6) spawns unneeded browsers.
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:50 EDT
This seems true of other Unix versions too (I tested in under HP-UX). For Example, when you invoke Help -> Help contents, ns-4.51 spawns another browser (not a window!), you get the warning about the lock file, and the choice ... But after that Help does not appear. Happens with other URL-s too. In addition netscape-4.6 locks up Gnome, and forces an Ctr-Alt-Backspace exit, messing up the whole setup!
exactly how does netscape 4.6 (which we haven't shipped, btw... :) ) lock up gnome?
I can't reproduce the problem here. Opening help opens a large javascript window; clicking on contents or index opens the appropriate frame in this window, without spawning a new netscape. ------- Email Received From "Meinhard E. Mayer" <hardy@weyl.ps.uci.edu> 05/21/99 01:56 ------- ------- Email Received From "Meinhard E. Mayer" <hardy@weyl.ps.uci.edu> 05/21/99 02:56 ------- ------- Email Received From "Meinhard E. Mayer" <hardy@weyl.ps.uci.edu> 05/21/99 16:54 ------- ------- Email Received From "Meinhard E. Mayer" <hardy@weyl.ps.uci.edu> 05/23/99 18:41 -------
Problem solved: my old .mailcap file contained entries which were incompatible with netscape > 4.5 (I am using 4.6 now). I rebuilt it and this self-inflicted bug went away. Sorry for the bother, and thanks to notting@redhat.com for confirming that this does not happen to others.
No problem.