Re: [TCLUG:6277] Netscape hanging & can't be killed

["John A. Dalsin & Son, Inc." <info@dalsin.com>]

Thank you very much for the quick reply.  I will give this a try this evening.

Mark

At 03:31 PM 6/3/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Use "ps auwx|grep netscape", then use "kill -9 PID", where PID is the
>second item displayed.  Or, in one line "killall -9 netscape".  That'll
>kill off any running netscape.
>
>As far as the hangs go, I had them happening in an older
>version (can't remember which). I grabbed a newer one from the unsupported
>tree at ftp.netscape.com and made sure to get the glibc version. YMMV. 
>
>You may want to check out "man kill" if you are unfamiliar with the kill
>command.  Very useful, especially for daemon processes.
>
>-- 
>Jim Raney
>
>"I poured spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone."	--Steven Wright
>	
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>
>On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, John A. Dalsin & Son, Inc. wrote:
>
>> Problem:
>> 
>> After opening 5-8 Netscape web pages, Netscape will blank out on each page
>> and 
>> become unresponsive.  I can kill each Netscape window on the desk top with
>> the mouse but it is still running in the back ground as displayed in "Top"
>> with it taking up to 95% of the CPU's time.
>> 
>> I am not able to kill it in Top.  
>> 
>> How do I kill this hanging and unresponsive Netscape?  Why is it happening
>> frequently?  So far, rebooting appears to be my only method.
>> 
>> Running Redhat 6.0 with AMD K6 300 and 64 megs of ram.  Problem occurred in
>> 5.1 as well.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> 
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