Re: Sockets

In message <c42a61d553.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

> In message <mpro.n0iifp008cgrh041t.pittdj@pittdj.co.uk>
> David Pitt <pittdj@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Geoffrey Baxendale, on 4 Feb, wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Is it just me, or is Netsurf's sockets system awry. After a modest
> >> browsing session Internet access freezes up due, I think,
> >> to sockets being used up. Qitting Netsurf restores order. It seems to
> >> have started about a couple of weeks ago. Not sure of the exact time.
> >>
> >> Risc Os 6.2 NS R1681. (JSoff)
> >
> >The same thing happens here with #1694 on a Raspberry Pi, OS5.21 (31Jan14).
> >
> >I have resurrected a Socket Counter application, !SockCtr, which dates back
> >to the time when Oregano2 managed to do a similar trick. It is a frontend to
> >David Ruck's SocketCount.
> >
> >http://pittdj.co.uk/software/index.htm
>
> Thank you for that useful app, David. It confirms Netsurf's problem
> nicely. The number of sockets starts off for me at 90, and gradually
> collapses. When it reaches 0, NS can't resolve the link. The number
> rarely increases at all.
>
> But the clincher is: quit NS, and the number instantly goes back up
> to 90.
>
> I'm confirming it with build 1694 and 1615. There's a big gap in
> the versions I've kept; the latest before 1615 is 1356, which behaves
> very differently. Curiously, the sockets are recovered not when a
> page closes, but when a new one is opened.
>
> Dave
>
As far as I can tell, 1614 is OK and 1635 not. Don't have any builds
between those here. When I have more time I will try and narrow it down
further. (All Non JS)

TTFN
--
Geoff.
Using Acorn StrongARM Kinetic RiscPC.
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