Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 19:22:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971025192143.3254C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199710260204.CAA09303@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > 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 :-( DDB won't work if they keyboard's not responding, unless it works telepathically now. ;-) - alex
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