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Date:      Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:55:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.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:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.971025235218.27575C-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <19620.877827599@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard 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.

Shouldn't the fact that something (ie. the X server in this case)
got shot down be recorded in some log, somewhere?  That would
make it easy to distinguish a crash from a killed X server on the
reboot, at least...


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tIM...HOEk




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