[svlug] netscape-dynam problems...

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya

>     We may have found a problem...

?? what's the answer ??...

> > and for your amusement....I wasted 8 hours trying to install WindowsNT-4.0
> > workstation into a 486dx2-66 w/ 16Mb ram....DOn't even think about it....
> > what a waste of time...especially w/ ide cdrom driven off a soundblaster card. YUK !!!
>    
>     That is a lot less time than I spent trying to get Win95 up on that
> machine. 3com support took three and a half hours to configure the PCMCIA
> LAN card under 95 on that machine!  (And wiped out my SCSI card!) 

R> NT on 486. Should know better. P-90 just barely makes it.

like I said....for your entertainment....just to test my own rules of what
machines to play with or not... not even gonna try installing linux on that winie.

> > ...are you getting the hint yet ??...
> 
>    Probably not the hint you want me to get.
> 
> > 	- verify and check if your hardware is compatible with linux
> > 		( this will take you the longest time to verify....
> > 		( do NOT Pass go, until you know exactly if your hardware is compatible

read and re-read and re-read the above line...

- if you do not see your video chipset listed in the linux hardware
	compatibility list....you ain't gonna get netscape to work on your linux boxes...

- all other points would be moot...especially after you re-install linux
	from a clean "ORIGINAL" linux CDROM...

>       1. How can we determine if it is a hardware related problem?  What
> can I do to test IRQ's, PCMIA configuration, and RAM?  Having written
> hardware diagnostics, I don't want to re-write all that stuff.  Does any
> of it exist?  

go and get the "interrupt conflict manager/detector program"...Fry's even carries it...

> Are there any RAM tests? Any non-destructive disk drive tests?  Or should I
> write my own disk test using PERL?

you can get off the shelf  pc "diagnostics" programs ( free ones and for $$$$ )
	( please go do your own digging....I donno where they are )

>       2. How can we tell if there are missing pieces, checksum errors etc.
> on the stuff on the disk?
> That may also do some of the disk drive validation in the process.  WHich

run a disk diagnostics on it...though your problems are NOT related to disks.

> Which X systems are preferred?

XFree86-3.2 is fairly nice and stable and compatible wiht many many different
systems and enviroments

>       3. Configuration files.  Yes, this is the more probable source of
> the problems, but if the foundation is not right, one can screw around
> with conflagurations forever!

>      How do I know if the configuration files are right? 

if it is NOT working perfectly, for months at a time, you have a mis-configured
option some place...
	I have linux boxes running flawlessly for 90+ days under light load...
	and with loads up to 12 for these corporate machines...
	- no crashes....unless "I fuck up"... or stupid cheap "scsi disks"
	that cannot reset and just hangs...

c ya
alvin

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