From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 2 18:22:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03974 for current-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 18:22:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03957; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 18:22:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02831; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:20:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199802030220.VAA02831@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: netscape/swap_pager causing problems with syscons In-Reply-To: <14579.886471813@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Feb 2, 98 06:10:13 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:20:19 -0500 (EST) Cc: dmm125@bellatlantic.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > 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 > > Nope, it's not a "problem" with syscons - it's just what happens when > an X server is rudely shot down and has no chance to clean up. And > I'm sure that Terry will have some suggestion about how state changes > should be pushed and restored in syscons but it's unlikely that this > will every happen unless somebody actually figures out how to > implement it and has the free time to do the work involved. Don't > hold your breath though and allocate more swap space instead. ;-) > This is another need for a transitive closure of the flow graph of execution. :-). -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.