[21573] in Athena Bugs
Linux Athena, Mozilla and x-java-vm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Cavin)
Thu Mar 6 18:10:50 2003
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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:10:44 -0500
From: Tom Cavin <cavin@MIT.EDU>
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[This was originally sent to linux-help on 4-Mar-2003, but got no
response. --tec]
Hi,
I'm having an odd problem with a private Linux Athena system and Mozilla.
When I try to visit a particular companiy web page "www.ethex.com" my
browser hangs.
A test with Mozilla on another system gave me a hint when it said that the
web page is looking for a Java VM.
Checking with tcpdump hinted that the traffic I was seeing while the system
hung was probably AFS related.
These two facts suggest to me that the Linux Athena install of Mozilla is
configured to start a java_vm process when given the chance, and further
that the system is trying to get it from somewhere in AFS space.
This system is a laptop that occasionally uses a very slow modem, and I've
set up local copies of several Athena lockers with appropriate
/var/athena/local-validated links.
My questions:
How do I find out what binary Mozilla is trying to load?
How do I configure Mozilla to load a local copy?
How do I configure Mozilla to not start a java_vm process?
Thanks,
--Tom
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Tom Cavin Phone: (617) 258 - 7806
Computer Operations Manager Email: cavin@mit.edu
MIT - Whitaker College Computer Facility or tec@ai.mit.edu
