Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:59:59 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang Message-ID: <19620.877827599@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:43:10 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971025174016.272C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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> I decided to edit a little xpm today with pixmap. As it was saving the > pixmap, which apparently is a very memory & time consuming process, my > computer decided to just completely hang, no panic no nothing. Since this 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. Jordan
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