On 2005-10-29 16:34, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much > memory and causes the pager to run out of swap space and start > shooting down processes to rectify the situation. Sometimes, > the process chosen for demolition happens to be `screen.' > Since this process sorta manages a whole lot of others and, on > being zapped out of existence, leaves many of them running but > inaccessible, I find this choice decidedly inconvenient. > > Is there a way for me to force FreeBSD to leave `screen' (or > any other process) alone when selecting something to kill to > free memory?
Hmmm, why are user limits not applied? Wouldn't it be a nicer way to solve the "rogue process" problems? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
