Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:52:14 +1000 (EST) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: kernel@tdnet.com.br (Unknow User) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user uses xv3.10a (PNG) to halt my system. Message-ID: <199905180252.MAA14768@cheops.anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3740B863.6C20B59E@tdnet.com.br> from "Unknow User" at May 17, 99 09:46:28 pm
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In some mail from Unknow User, sie said: > > Dear gentleman, > > probably, this is not the most suitable mailing list to post this mesg, > but it's not worth to subscribe fbsd-questions only to get a answer. (if > you hate me for that, ignore me) > > a) My system is 2.2.8Stable, where can i get a updated list about patch > to this system? > b) I have installed xv 3.10a (PNG), but my system has got freezed by > running this software! So now, a user(i don't know which) have being > stopping my system. > c) is there possible to know which user is doing that? > d) How can an user application halt my system, isn't fbsd supposed to be > robust enough to handle this ? xv is a big user of both RAM and CPU. You might want to do something like ru "vmstat 1" and then start up xv to see what happens. Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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