Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:07:53 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Steven Hugg' <spiffdude@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: netscape (or something?) thrashes system Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D33@site2s1>
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Steven, I can't say I know of a FAQ or even what to do in this situation. But I would suggest setting up /etc/login.conf with some generous but realistic limits to prevent this from happening in the future. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Hugg [SMTP:spiffdude@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 6:36 PM > To: Woody Carey > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: netscape (or something?) thrashes system > > > The thrashing occured again, and I managed to catch it > in time this time. Turns out it wasn't Netscape, but > related -- xfstt (v0.9.10) was wigging out. It must > have made a deal with the devil; kill -9 wouldn't end > its miserable existence. > > I now do ulimit -m 65536 before I start xfstt. > > Is there a > What-To-Do-When-A-Process-Grows-Insanely-Huge > Mini-FAQ? ;-) > > Be careful out there... > > --- Woody Carey <wcarey@wcarey.com> wrote: > > > > I have seen this a well, on 3.2-R, either running > > netscape or > > even just mpg123: > > > > $ mpg123 -b2048 /cdrom/*.mp3 > > > > After a while, I cannot even ever log in on the > > console, I just have > > to hit the switch. hmmm... > > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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