[23457] in bugtraq
Re: Crashing X
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Schmoe)
Tue Dec 11 14:31:17 2001
From: Joe Schmoe <bugtraq@phreaker.net>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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Date: 10 Dec 2001 19:46:54 -0800
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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.
