Package: base Severity: normal Hi, I'm new to linux and I wanted to experiment as much as possible. I entered a (possible foolish) command into my GNOME terminal emulator running as root: 'cat /dev/port' The screen filled up very quickly with gibberish (as I expected), but then the computer froze completely. Mouse didn't work, no virtual consoles accessible and so on. Ctrl + C didn't bring be back to a bash prompt.
Not a biggie, I don't think, but in case it's something that needs fixing, I will report it. Thanks, Nick. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
