> -----Original Message-----
> From: marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, 3 September 2000 10:33 AM
> To: Jeff Waugh
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] locked up console
>
>
> > > anyone experienced anything like this ?
> >
> > Only when playing with broken SQL queries in PostgreSQL or
> text processing
> > with PHP cgi. ;)
>
> i did some google searching and found most people attribute
> experiences
> like this to navigator...
I had this problem, I installed SuSE 6.4 on my computer @ work, and was
showing of its features to my co-workers, and praising its stability, and
ease of use. then Bam, Navigator totally lockedmy system up, I eventually
telneted into the box, and killed the process, then it wworked again.
>
> > The only way to find out is to see what's running. Sounds
> as if something's
> > grinding your machine's CPU and swap. This is one reason why I use
> > Bubblemon... At a glance you can see how your machine is
> doing, and what's
> > changing. Kick off a broken query and you see the CPU
> boiling, then your RAM
> > filling up *really* quick. :) It just goves you a bit of
> warning so you can
> > get out before meltdown.
>
> sounds like something to get my hands on...
>
> > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace not working?
>
> no. :( the three fingered salute strips the task bar and
> desktop icons
> as well as all windows but the background pattern was left
> behind... ?!?
>
> i just gave up and rebooted, but when i did the background
> pattern seemed
> to shift from side to side a few times as the machine took
> itself down...
>
> > Is the machine network accessible? SSH in, top it first to
> see what's going
> > on, and then kill off whatever's causing the trouble.
>
> i could login in okay... that's how i got the plea for help out... :)
>
> top showed no processes running that i could point a finger at...
>
> > If you can't SSH in, you've managed to kick it's arse. :)
>
> i only wish it had died that much... then i wouldn't have felt so bad
> about the reboot:
>
> # uptime
> 10:32am up 15 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.03
>
Keep cool
Patrick
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