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Re: Crashing X

From: Joe Schmoe <bugtraq () phreaker net>
Date: 10 Dec 2001 19:46:54 -0800

xterm -title `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'` on my system does not crash X,
but rather uses 100% CPU and starts the xterm.  I'm using X 4.1.0 and
blackbox window manager.  Top reveals that the window manager consumes
all available CPU.  X slows to an unusable crawl, but console are still
responsive.

Current thread:

Crashing X scott (Dec 07)
- Re: Crashing X John Scimone (Dec 08)
  - Re: Crashing X KF (Dec 10)
    - Re: Crashing X Paul Starzetz (Dec 11)
- Re: Crashing X Seth Arnold (Dec 08)
  - Re: Crashing X Matthieu Herrb (Dec 08)
- Re: Crashing X munehiro (Dec 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Crashing X Joe Schmoe (Dec 11)