From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 2 10:39:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08488 for current-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:39:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iconmail.bellatlantic.net (iconmail.bellatlantic.net [199.173.162.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08468; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:39:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmm125@bellatlantic.net) Received: from myname.my.domain (client201-122-21.bellatlantic.net [151.201.122.21]) by iconmail.bellatlantic.net (IConNet Sendmail) with SMTP id NAA07502; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 13:39:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 13:38:53 +0000 (GMT) From: Donn Miller X-Sender: dmm125@myname.my.domain To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: netscape/swap_pager causing problems with syscons Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" This problem was alluded to before. When running X windows, say you start netscape. Then you run out of swap space. What happens next is that X windows lock the computer solid, or X windows crashes, leaving me with a blank screen. None of the virtual terminals work then, but I know the system is still running, because ctrl+alt+delete reboots (shuts down) the system. But I still see nothing on the screen. Jordan hinted to this as a problem with syscons in one posting I saw. I would have to agree. In general, running out of swap space with netscape and X running wrecks havoc on syscons. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this problem and a possible solution as to how to get syscons responding again. I can't login by way of serial console so I guess the only choice is to just ctrl+alt+delete Thank you Donn