On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:20:11 -0800 (PST) Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- You've got junk mail. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
