On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 09:08, Ben Reser wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:54:35AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Go for example to download ripperX from the SourceForge and select to > > download .rpm-file. > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1068&release_id=112821 > > > > At least for me, this site fill automatic downloading RPM-files directly. > > (without need to select "save as"...) > > So basically this is not an example of the bug. > > > And actually my machine is not crashing, it will just eat all resources > > and and it takes minutes to get console to front in order to shut down > > Mozilla with "kill -9". > > Gotta love accurate bug reports about how it crashes the machine... So > the truth is that it's really just eating all the resources. Without > knowing the exact URL that was causing the problem... my guess would be > it's a rather large RPM that he was trying to download, which probably > wouldn't fit in memory and was causing his system to swap horribly.
I went to the above site and clicked directly on the link, yes indeed the screen goes black and _appears_ to lock, closing Mozilla 1.2b from the file menu or X icon shuts down Mozilla. Solution:- Click on the link with the the Shift key down and the save or run with RealPlayer window is displayed. I don't know where I learnt this manip but perhaps it's just experience. -- Dave Cotton Linux Autrement
