Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:55:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>, current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: out of swap space causes hang Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971025235218.27575C-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <19620.877827599@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > 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. Shouldn't the fact that something (ie. the X server in this case) got shot down be recorded in some log, somewhere? That would make it easy to distinguish a crash from a killed X server on the reboot, at least... -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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