From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vadim Furman Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:36:58 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Re: [Ia64] Netscape (32-bit) locks machine Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Is it a patch to the kernel? If so, which kernel version it will be/is incorporated into? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Madore [mailto:mmadore@turbolinux.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:47 AM To: Don Dugger Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: [Ia64] Netscape (32-bit) locks machine > Mike- > > I must have been asleep since I don't remember seeing the original message. > > If your machine is crashing when running Netscape I would be suspicious of > Netscape before I'd blame the X server. I just discovered a few weeks > ago that you have to put the system in `trickle' mode if you want to run > IA32 programs, including Netscape, reliably. I understand you can set > `trickle' mode on the Lion BIOS. For BigSur's there's a patch for the > kernel you can get from Intel to do this (I can't send you the patch, you > need to send a message to `Asit.K.Mallick@intel.com' if you want it). > No, you weren't asleep. The original message only went to the XFree list, but I wanted to broaden the audience a little bit. The problem is not restricted to netscape (at least on lions), but it certainly seems to cause the lockup most frequently. I beleive Uros has the patch you are speaking of. Thanks. Mike Madore Software Engineer TurboLinux, Inc. _______________________________________________ Linux-IA64 mailing list Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64