>
> > My computer ( this one is brand new even! ) started running away again.
> > Its happened twice now, on two diff computers. This can't be a hardware
> > problem.
>
> I had this happen three or four times on my system - 0.93, and maybe 1.1,
> its been long enough my memory fails me.
>
> >
> > This time, I wasn't logged out and not allowed back in. I was able to
> > run ps -ax and found no programs running that shouldn't have been.
> > I did type free and noticed that my swap space was filling up fast.
> > I kill everything on my other vts and logged out of all except one.
> > Then the runaway stopped. I was once again connected to my ISP at the
> > time. I was running lynx and irc. The last time this happened i
> > was running slrn and irc. So, its either got to be a system problem
> > or someone on irc found a nice exploit to play with or the irc program
> > itself has problems.
>
> Every time It happened, I was in X, and was running netscape, or had been
> running netscape. Normally, I do not run X unless.
> Once, I was able to log on a root and shut it down, but
> the login process took about 10 minutes. On another occasion the after
> about 4 hours of grinding away on the hard drive, I regained control, and
> I could not find anything that looked out of the ordinary in any logs, or
> files, or etc. The other couple of times, it was so bad that I tried the
> c-a-d, and it didn't work. On the bright side, it hasn't happened since
> April. (was 1.1 out in April?)
>
> Mark W. Blunier
>
>
It just happened again. Only this time I was only running Lynx.
As soon as I killed lynx, it stopped. It only managed to get
up to 5megs in my swap space.
This is weird. It seems as though it only happens when I'm connected.
I've never noticed or remember it happening when I was not.
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