Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:50:59 +0100 From: "Mahmoud Chilali" <mchilali@nettoll.com> To: "Joss Roots" <osiris2002@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Is it posssible for someone to FREEZE FreeBSD over TCP-IP Network ? Message-ID: <NDBBJDFPGLMLFHLNEEOMMEAHDMAA.mchilali@nettoll.com> In-Reply-To: <19991202192452.20902.qmail@web112.yahoomail.com>
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This is most probably a hang of the X server. I experienced this many times (and not only with FreeBSD). TMost of the tim, even the CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work and the only thing to do is the OFF button. sometimes however (but this is a hardware/BIOS thing), even this doesn't work and the only way is to "deinvent" electricity by unplugging the PC... The problem is that X11 "uses" all input devices, and that if it has a "serious" problem, then you can't do anything using your keybard, mouse or screen (you can do many things, but these do not solve the problem the way you want) since they ar prisoners to that "user-friendly stuff". seems like people using graphical systems have to pay the ease of use (I'd rather believe that efforts have to be made to solve problems, but heh, this requires time, efforts and many othe things...). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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