The kernel kills whoever happens to ask for that one page too many. Its
normally the app in question but it might be anyone.
> Had the same problems with 2.0.33... that's the whole reason I tried a
2.0.x will do this if you have less swap than main memory. 2.1.x shouldnt
be doing it at all.
> Also, is there a way to get the Magic SysRq key to work in X?
Not without the kernel knowing a little about graphics mode - and even
then its tricky. About all you could easily do here would be to wire
the magic sysreq to break on a serial console
Alan
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