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Date:      Sat, 11 Oct 1997 07:50:06 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Run out of swap
Message-ID:  <19971011075006.ZE13142@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971010153335.13237H-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>; from Brian N. Handy on Oct 10, 1997 15:41:51 -0700
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.96.971010153335.13237H-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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As Brian N. Handy wrote:

>   HOWEVER, now what I'm
> seeing every so often is that it doesn't kick me out, but instead the
> machine just hangs.  The clock in the corne of my screen stops, the mouse
> stops, the num lock light doesn't go off and off.  Fixed and dialated.
> Once this happens, it seems like I have to hit the reset button.  

Well, i think the largest process is being killed.  If this is
incidentally your X server, you are hosed.

Try to avoid the situation.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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