[MPlayer-users] system freeze

SoulEdge souledge at brujula.net
Thu Feb 6 03:16:10 CET 2003


On Wednesday 05 February 2003 22:46, Gabucino wrote:
> > A program running as non-root *cannot* make your computer lock up
> > unless something is seriously wrong with your hardware or drivers.
>
> xawtv always locks up my X/kernel (random) if I do some mode switching with
> xawtv running.. Today I was watching TV with it, then noticed the
> caps+scroll leds blinking :)) But it's shit anyways.

Yup.- and if you do a:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/fd0

(for anyone unfamiliar with the dd command, that's like trying
to make an iso image from a cdrom and store it in the floppy
drive)

It causes any current kernel to lock up. :o)

Damian




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