On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 12:19:20AM +0200, Reinoud Koornstra wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I updated the pkgsrc on my system.
> Because i couldnt find a nice browser i tryed arena.
> I installed it with the packages.
> And man..... after twice closing of arena due to a segmentation fault...
> The third time the whole system hang!!!!!!!!
> I tryed it several times! and when i try http://linuxtoday.com
> Many times the system hang on that./
> I run netbsd 1.4 on a i386 machine.

It's possible that the kernel fall under debbuger, but as you were running
X you didn't see it. Recompile a kernel without 'options DDB' to avoid this.

> But man... an aplication that can cause an os to hang.... that sucks deep.
> I thought the netbsd kernel was running in protected mode...

It does but this doesn't prevent bugs. All OSes have this kind of problems.
I don't think NetBSD is worse than another in this area.

> Then plz explain how an aplication can cause the os to hang?

I guess it didn't hang, just that you didn't see the ddb prompt.

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