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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: user uses xv3.10a (PNG) to halt my system.
To: kernel@tdnet.com.br (Unknow User)
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:52:14 +1000 (EST)
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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


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