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Run dtv and see if it hangs your system.

	Amancio

>From The Desk Of Bernie Doehner :
> Hi:
> 
> I just tried rebooting with multi-sector disk I/O turned off on wd0 and it
> locked up even quicker than before.. 
> 
> Previously I also tried IDE mode 3, but to no avail.. Still locks up.
> 
> This time, all it took to lock up instantly was to resize the window to
> max size, and type "su" on a xterm.
> 
> From Randall's comments it sure seems like fxtv is eating up too much CPU
> time. Unfortunately second to last crash took out today's mail spool
> file. Randall mentioned a program he used called xs* to look at X protocol
> activity. Could someone please fill in the blank?
> 
> I can confortably say that I have tried everything now in terms of
> configuration changes. Time to start look at why fxtv is spinning in
> circles.
> 
> Bernie
>