Re: 2.1.131: Poor behavior when VM exhausted

menion (menion@mindless.com)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 23:07:11 +0000

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Eric Lee Green wrote:
>
> Hello all. Has anybody else noticed this? All versions of Netscape
> that I have used have a memory leak in the input box, so I get to test
> what happens when VM is exhausted on a regular basis :-).
>
> 2.0.36: System goes into a bit of a swap storm, gets very sluggish, but I can
> switch to another window and kill Netscape.
>
> 2.1.131: System goes into a furious swap storm, when try to switch to
> another window "X" locks up, cannot move mouse pointer, reset switch
> time.

I have best results by hitting i.e. Alt-F5 and holding it for a second
or two.
Usually this gives me a text login, and general happiness.

-- Joshua Schmidlkofer [ -- Linux Evangelist -- ] D+5 Since Changing to Dvorak [Keyboard] Speed: 5 words/minute

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