Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 02:04:42 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>, current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang Message-ID: <199710260204.CAA09303@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:59:59 PDT." <19620.877827599@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.
This is annoying if you do actually crash. Is there any reason why
ddb can't reset the screen & keyboard ? I suspect (although I know
next to nothing abouth this) that putting the screen & keyboard into
a know state is an ``art'' that depends on knowing what specific
hardware is there :-(
> Jordan
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