IBrowse2.4 freezes on a '030 1200 64M ram with OS3.5

[dvvrue95]

Hi folks,


I'm (trying) to run IB2.4 with either AmiTCP3 or Miami and although I can get IB to run more often than not after the initial default page any web site selected iether via shortcuts or via a search engine will cause a sytem freeze with a $800000D error message and the option to reboot etc.
After a lot of playing with the number of connections etc. I found that if I disable Javascript support in IB prefs I can prevent these freezes?

Query 1 If I run the same IB2.4 with Javascript support active on my '040 4000 with 16M ram and OS3.5 I do not have this problem (i.e. $800000D freeze). Any ideas which files/libs etc might be contributing to the problem with javascript on the 1200, or is this a HW problem to do with the PCMCIA N/A?

Query 2 Anyone know how to install IB2.3 documentation in a IB 2.4 drawer, I have down loaded and exploded the lha file but if I use the installer it wont install 'cause its looking for IB2.3!

many thanks, Ian

[dvvrue95]

Update -

Query 1
I managed to get  sopme additional info from a AmiTCPLog report as follows :-
"m clalloc max amount of memory already used (255120 bytes)
sana read (enet)
not enough mbuffs"
So I will try to find a setting for mbuffs and try to chanage its value - guess it must be a parameter in the sana device "enet".

Query 2
I downloaded a democopy of IB2.3 from a mirror site and installed that into a tempy folder ran the IB2.3 document installer and bingo! now have the document files.

just thought I would let you know, Ian  

[dvvrue95]

Hello again folks, another update,

First, many thanks for all yr feedback so far, glad to see the Ib2.3 docs installer has been changed and I have managed to install "Smartcrash and Segtracker".

Using the above SW tools this is a dump of my latest IB2.4 crash (hope there is someone (or a few) who can explain what it means), although it does seem to be tied up with processing Javascript. Dump follows:-

Exception D: coprocessor protocol violation
     Task: 011CA3C0  PC: 014AAA64  SR: 0000  USP: 01446DC4  SSP: 001FFFE8
     D: 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000005F 00000002
     A: 0150F764 01446DEC 01446E44 01446E68 014C6C20 01446E68 014C6BE4 01446DC4
     S: 01446E34 014C6C20 01446E68 014AAD8A 00000002 014C7E58 014C6C20 0150F764
     S: 014C6BE4 014C6BE4 014C6C20 014C6BE4 014A3BCC 01446E44 01446E34 00000000
     Process: IBrowse

       PC=014AAA64 points to 'progdir:javascript.library', hunk 00:01A0FC
     S:0C=014AAD8A points to 'progdir:javascript.library', hunk 00:01A422
     S:30=014A3BCC points to 'progdir:javascript.library', hunk 00:013264
thanks again, Ian

[dvvrue95]

HI folks yet another update ..

Again thanks for all the feedback (especially the debug info).

I had originally decided to do a "clean" resinstall of IB24
but after upacking the lha file I  checked out the size of the javascript.library file before I ran the installer :-

javascript.library in my (buggy) working IB24 was 216328
javascript.library.020 in the unpacked IB24 was   228484

So I then went ahead and ran install for a "clean" IB24, after I encountered the crashes and hangs I had previously experienced.

I then went back to my "buggy" IB24 and simply replaced the 216328 file with the 228484 one ....... and since then my buggy IB24 is no more! I have run for about 5 days without any hangs or crashes and I have some form of javascript processing working.

I realize that there are 68020 fpu variants of the javascript library in the unpacked IB24 but all I know is that I now have a very stable IB24.

[dvvrue95]

Hi folks,

yet another update on this, I sent a copy of the Smartcrash O/P to IB support mailing list and had some feedback from Oliver and Phillipe :-
"the 68030 (41Mhz) FPU is a 68882 (9mhz)

I think there must be some issue with your 68882 then - do you have any FPU
enabled software? It's either a hardware problem or something on the
software side not detecting the FPU or making it available to the OS and
apps. I'm afraid I can't remember back to my Blizzard 1230-IV days when I had
an FPU - not sure if special libs, etc, had to be installed as with 040/060
cards whose built-in FPU does not handle all the 68881/2 instructions.

FYI, I traced the smartcrash output to an FMOVE.X instruction which is causing
the crash on your system, but I don't see any problem - there is no reason
for it to crash on a 68882 as it's a common and legal instruction.
Oliver

Maybe wrong or mising math library installed

Regards
--

Philippe Bovier *(Mrod)*"

So I checked my math libraries which were 37.1 /38.1, I found an update for mathtran.library on Aminet to 43.6 and replaced the original. I then switched javascripts back on in IB24 and so far (8 days) so good i.e. I have had two hang
ups in that time, both of which I have been able to skip over with Smartcrash .... watch this space
Ian