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From: ABrady <kcsmart@kc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Netscape very slow start-up
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:25:01 -0600
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:20:11 -0800 (PST)
Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com> implied:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Netscape 4.77 (on Redhat 6.2) is *suddenly* starting
> > very slowly: it takes up to 5 or more minutes until he
> > loads the local start file -- the whole Netscape window
> > is nearly empty during this start-up process (all I can
> > see at this time is the "Stop" Button at the beginning
> > -- but even this button can disappear if i move to
> > another window with the mouse and then come back to
> > netscape).
> This is a common problem with Netscape 4.7. Netscape is
> trying to resolve the name 'news', which is the default
> (and unremovable!) news server. If the name 'news' cannot
> be resolved, Netscape takes a very long time to start.
> To remedy this situation, either place the name 'news' in
> /etc/hosts, and point it at 127.0.0.1 (if you don't use
> news, that is), or have the name 'news' added back to your
> default domain. Your DNS admin probably removed it, if
> this is a new problem.
I'll differ strongly on the above. You _CAN_ remove 'news' But, first
you need to add a news entry and make it the default. After that 'news'
will be quite happy to disappear if you tell it to do so.
I no longer use NS, but I have it installed, have no 'news' entry in it
and have a news-related server in its place.
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From: Wolfgang Pfeiffer <pfeifferw@tesionmail.de>
Subject: Re: Netscape very slow start-up
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 01:13:04 +0100 (CET)
On Nov 25, 2001, 14:20 (-0800) Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> > Netscape 4.77 (on Redhat 6.2) is *suddenly* starting very slowly:
^^^^^^^^
... this is only half the truth ... IIRC I had the same problem around
March this year ... but on another install (on RedHat 6.1):
http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/redhat-list/2001/03/msg01727.html
[ ... parts of the message snipped ... ]
>
> To remedy this situation, either place the name 'news' in /etc/hosts, and
> point it at 127.0.0.1 (if you don't use news, that is), or have the name
> 'news' added back to your default domain.
... it works!! ... thanks a lot, Gordon ... I put 'news' at the end of
the line with the default domains in /etc/hosts, and the starts of
Netscape are now back to what they were before, i.e. the start-up
speed is OK.
I also installed new bind-stuff about an hour ago, but to no avail, as
it seems ...
only after the change in /etc/hosts Netscape started with about the
same speed as before in the last months.
> Your DNS admin probably removed it, if this is a new problem.
... I'm my own admin here at home, and no, I didn't remove an entry in
/etc/hosts ... <shrug>
Thanks again, Gordon :) ... I'm glad this browser's OK again .. I need
it often.
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From: ABrady <kcsmart@kc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Netscape very slow start-up
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:57:02 -0600
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 01:45:56 +0100 (CET)
Wolfgang Pfeiffer <pfeifferw@tesionmail.de> implied:
> On Nov 25, 2001, 18:25 (-0600) ABrady wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:20:11 -0800 (PST)
> > Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com> implied:
> >
> > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > > Netscape 4.77 (on Redhat 6.2) is *suddenly* starting
> > > > very slowly: it
> > > To remedy this situation, either place the name 'news'
> > > in /etc/hosts, and point it at 127.0.0.1 (if you don't
> > > use news, that is), or have the name 'news' added back
> > > to your default domain. Your DNS admin probably
> > > removed it, if this is a new problem.
> > I'll differ strongly on the above. You _CAN_ remove
> > 'news' But, first you need to add a news entry and make
> > it the default. After that 'news' will be quite happy to
> > disappear if you tell it to do so.
> ... I didn't understand it: where do you add a news entry first, and
> where can you remove it as a second step ... in the same file? ...
> /etc/hosts ?
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
No. In Netscape preferences (the window) under 'Newsgroup Servers' I
added news-server.kc.rr.com, made it the default, got rid of the
original 'news' entry that was there. That was the entry I was talking
about.
I didn't read the original post and don't know what effect this would
have on that problem. I was taking issue with the part of the reply that
said the original 'news' entry in netscape can't be removed. Of course
it can. I've been without it for years (except any time I do a
brand-stinkin'-new install: at that point I have the original useless
entry until I replace it with a real server entry and delete it).
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