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Re: was Netscape Communicator: now programs that will crash your LInux box



stephen farrell writes:
> My take on it was that it took the X server down in some nasty way.  The
> X server, of course, is running as root and thus should be more capable
> of buggering the whole system.

> Shouldn't happen, however...

The X server also has I/O privileges to the video card.  If your video card
is capable of being programmed in such a way as to jam the bus, their isn't
anything the kernel can do.

John Hasler
jghasler@win.bright.net (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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