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Date:      Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:32:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netscape pegs CPU on XServer kill
Message-ID:  <14550.17520.977561.161166@onceler.kcilink.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000318110831.A34338@ipass.net>
References:  <20000318110831.A34338@ipass.net>

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>>>>> "RH" == Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> writes:

RH> I've got Netscape Navigator 4.72 built from ports.
RH> In the past, killing the X server (e.g Ctrl-Alt-Bksp) killed Netscape.
RH> Now, Netscape lives on and just hammers the CPU.

RH> Anybody else seen this problem?  What's the best fix/workaround?

Make sure you kill Netscape first.  This problem plagues me on BSD/OS
and FreeBSD.  I think Netscape doesn't notice the X connection is
severed, which is a bug clearly in that application.

I guess a workaround is to use a CPU time limit when running Netscape
so that if it does go into a sprial of death, it will ultimately
self-destruct when the CPU time limit is reached.

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