Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:34:15 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: immediate reboot switching window (alt-tab) to google earth Message-ID: <539c60b90811131034t61eed501gc71013e873aab6b2@mail.gmail.com>
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I figured I'd make my pain public, but I doubt we're ever going to find the cause, because there's no crashdump (and yes, unplugging a mounted usb stick causes a real panic and dump so it is configured correctly) - immediate freeze for 60 seconds, then skipped the panic & went straight to the reboot. Anyway, if there are other reports, here's mine. I'd like to blame X, since I have yet to observe an X that really felt stable to me, but I suspect the culprit is more likely linux-base-fc4...shame. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that running linux programs makes BSD as unstable as linux. I just wish there was some foolproof way to protect the OS from apps killing it. But, who really cares, it's just my desktop, right? I don't run this crap on my server. Steve google-earth-4.3.7284.3916_2 Explore, Search and Discover linux_base-fc-4_13 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for i386/amd64) linux-xorg-libs-6.8.2_5 Xorg libraries, linux binaries linux-glib2-2.6.6_1 Version 2.X Linux/i386 binary port of GLib xorg-7.3_2 X.Org complete distribution metaport xorg-drivers-7.3_3 X.org drivers meta-port xorg-libraries-7.3_2 X.org libraries meta-port xorg-server-1.4.2,1 X.Org X server and related programs FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #1: Mon Sep 29 21:12:11 MST 2008
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