Look at http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2000/2083.html
in preferences.js change the entry
user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", true);
to false.
Johnny
> From: Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm trying to convert a spare old 486 into a freesco box (with diald), but the
> problem is; I would like to be able to launch Netscape to administer the
> thing (or read offline HTML pages) *without* dialing. Right now it hangs
> for a few minute
Did you try to strace it to find out where exactly it is hanging?
Also if it hangs in DNS lookup, you will find the host it's looking
for.
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Running your own DNS and pointing everything to it may help, and/or add
entries for those hosts that netscape tries to resolve to /etc/hosts
(never tried it but worth a shot). beyond that..what version of netscape
are you running? can you print out the contents of ps auxw | grep
netscape to show th
That's exactly it! It doesn't happen until it realizes there's an
interface, though, so if my dialup link is down, it doesn't happen, but if I
introduce a network card into the mix, and gateway through that, then it
grabs that interface and holds it hostage until it gets a DNS lookup.
I am on 2.2
I haven't been following this thread, so i gotta ask exactly where does
it hang? I have had many netscape hangs right after you click the first
time and it tries to load the "start" page. What happens in most cases
is netscape goes out to try to resolve 5 or 6 various domain
names(*.netscape.com s
Nope, remember there's no startup page... the box is empty and the radio
button says Blank page. I also tried with localhost in there.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 02:27:17PM -0700, Michael Smith wrote:
> Fire up netscape, go to edit>preferences. Select navigator. There should be
> an
> option "Bro
Fire up netscape, go to edit>preferences. Select navigator. There should be an
option "Browser Starts With:" Set that to "Blank Page". You might have to
restart
netscape for it to take effect, but you have to restart it anyway (you can go
file>new>browserwindow) to see if it worked.
Jonathan
I'm trying to convert a spare old 486 into a freesco box (with diald), but the
problem is; I would like to be able to launch Netscape to administer the
thing (or read offline HTML pages) *without* dialing. Right now it hangs
for a few minutes before it gives up and lets me use it.
When I have thi
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