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To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
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Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang 
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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:59:59 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I decided to edit a little xpm today with pixmap.  As it was saving the
> pixmap, which apparently is a very memory & time consuming process, my
> computer decided to just completely hang, no panic no nothing.  Since this

Are you sure it hung or did the X server just get shot down for eating
too much memory?  Since getting shot down leaves your screen and
keyboard in a seriously hosed state, unless you can actually telnet
in or ping the box externally, it looks just like a crash.

				Jordan