From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 19 22:11:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C613E106566B for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:11:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2777D8FC15 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ednmsw520.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw520.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.68.60]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (DSTO/DSTO) with ESMTP id o0JLusTS003648 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:26:54 +1030 (CST) Received: from ednex510.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednex510.dsto.defence.gov.au) by ednmsw520.dsto.defence.gov.au (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.3.2) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:29:31 +1030 Received: from stlex511.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.49]) by ednex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:29:31 +1030 Received: from stlux550.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.61]) by stlex511.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:59:30 +0800 Received: from stlux550.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stlux550.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0JLrsg0045434 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:53:54 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@stlux550.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by stlux550.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0JLrsU9045433 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:53:54 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:53:54 +0800 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100119215354.GC45270@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <201001181929.o0IJT5IZ001218@lurza.secnetix.de> <4B54C3C7.5040904@FreeBSD.org> <20100119201351.GA76360@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <20100119225102.2c4197ce@r500.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100119225102.2c4197ce@r500.local> Organisation: Defence Science Technology Organisation X-Message-Flag: "Please Restore Line Breaks If Necessary" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jan 2010 21:59:30.0464 (UTC) FILETIME=[AD239A00:01CA9952] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-8.0.0.1285-6.000.1038-17142.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--2.856900-0.000000-31 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: Yes X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: limits for run away Firefox ? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:11:55 -0000 0n Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:51:02PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: >"Rick C. Petty" wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:25:43PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> > On 01/18/10 11:29, Oliver Fromme wrote: >> > > Doug Barton wrote: >> > > > On 01/17/10 17:07, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> > > > > Hi hackers >> > > > > I'm tired of my X server occasionaly freezing, swap thrasing, & >> > > > > firefox dumps: 4,346,937,344 ~/firefox-bin.core >> > > > > so as a temporary cludge I ran >> > > > > touch ~/firefox-bin.core ; chmod 000 ~/firefox-bin.core >> > > > >> > > > Sorry I don't have a solution to your actual problem, but a >> > > > better way to deal with this is to do: ln -s /dev/null >> > > > ~/firefox-bin.core how about using: #chflags schg /firefox-bin.core ? -Alex IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email.