From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:18:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:18:03 -0500 Received: from james.kalifornia.com ([208.179.0.2]:2898 "EHLO james.kalifornia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:17:53 -0500 Message-ID: <3A66281C.13161012@linux.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:17:48 -0800 From: David Ford Organization: Blue Labs Software X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.1-pre7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: roger@kea.grace.cri.nz CC: jjs@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT]: Linux v.2.4.0 and Netscape 4.76? In-Reply-To: <200101171922.OAA11493@whio.grace.cri.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org roger@kea.grace.cri.nz wrote: > I can be a little more specific on this point. Netscape with > kernel 2.4.0 _does_ connect/download at a few local (New Zealand) > web sites (maybe 10% of those I've tried). I can't download > from _any_ distant site. It doesn't die, it just doesn't function > properly. > > Several people have suggested I remove ECN from the kernel, or > disable it. Well, ECN has never been selected as a config option > in the kernel, so this is not the source of the problem.... perhaps you have an upstream blocking icmp and having a lower MTU? Try setting your MTU down to 576 and see if packets flow. > Just a data point - Netscape 4.76 is working wonderfully > for me on several 2.4.x systems - well, netscape does die > fairly often with bus errors, but when it's running it runs well - For me, netscape is netscape. I.e. gobble memory for a few days until I decide to restart it. Netscape rarely dies on me. -d -- ..NOTICE fwd: fwd: fwd: type emails will be deleted automatically. "There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents", Thomas Jefferson [1742-1826], 3rd US President - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/