On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:43:34 +0100
segv <segv@netctl.net> wrote:

> Hi, I'm running NetBSD-3.0_BETA built on Jul 20th
> I noticed that when running www/galeon web browser, on some occasions it would
> hang and start using all the CPU time, the system would slowly become less and
> less responsive, until it totally froze.
> 
> I'm guessing there is more to it than just a buggy application, since a single
> applications (no matter how badly it was written) should not bring a whole
> system to a halt. At the moment I'm not sure what triggers this problem, from
> now on I will run ktruss on it and see if it gives out more details. I'm
> thinking it could be something to do with threads or X11??
> 
> The question I would like to ask is: has anyone else noticed similar problems?

Hmm...I can't even run ktruss

ktruss -t A -p <galeon pid>

when I start using galeon with ktruss running on it, sooner or later the system
simply hangs. I think the same result would be with firefox.