On 27-Apr-98 Chuck Cranor wrote:

>> I am unable to use ddb in this situation, because although I can switch VTs
>> to enter ddb, once leaving ddb there is no way to get back to the X desktop.
>
> you've just got to find the correct key.   ctrl-alt-f7 works for me (using
> pcvt).

Hey, I hope so....I'm using pcvt too.  Definitely will try that!  Thanks!

> that's interesting, but there is not enough info to know what is going
> on yet.    you say the 320K returns to the free list when the X server
> exits?   in that case, it would be useful to look at the output of 
> ddb's "show map/f" on the X server's map from "exited" to "execed" to 
> "exited" and see what mappings changed.    i'd prob. comment out the 
> call to _vm_object_print() in _vm_map_print() to reduce the noise in
> ddb's output.

I agree there's not enough info, and hopefully I can get enough if I can use
ddb....


--Jim Howard  <jiho@mail.c-zone>


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