Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 18:40:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971025183831.3147A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19620.877827599@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I decided to edit a little xpm today with pixmap. As it was saving the > > pixmap, which apparently is a very memory & time consuming process, my > > computer decided to just completely hang, no panic no nothing. Since this > > Are you sure it hung or did the X server just get shot down for eating > too much memory? Since getting shot down leaves your screen and > keyboard in a seriously hosed state, unless you can actually telnet > in or ping the box externally, it looks just like a crash. Keyboard didn't seem to respond. I got the X server to hang somewhere in the middle of the two crashes when I exited and the screen stayed with the gradient background, hitting alt-ctrl-del rebooted the computer cleanly that time (don't think that was caused by lack of swap space tho). The other two times it seemed to be completely hung. Guess it's time for me to setup a mini network to make extra sure it's not completely frozen. - alex
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