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Re: x server crashes



On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 09:47:08PM +0200, thomas parquier wrote:
> Rob, Lennart,
> X actually crashes, which make me think there may be a problem with
> libpthread, because how can X be "crashable" by another app ?
> Something is weird, crashes happen also if no plugin is actually in use,
> only got iceape launched on an about: page, and I think I've put a an x86_64
> version of flash plugin in flexbuilder's flash player directory...

Applications can take over raw input from the X server, and if they do
and then crash, then there is no way to interact with the rest of X.
So perfectly possible.

I have seen flash do so before.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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