Re: Microsoft Responds to Internal Memo Regarding the Open Source Model and Linux

[Wandered Inn <esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>]

Steve Cohen wrote:
> 
> Not sure exactly why it happened but reading this damned memo just
> caused the first hard-crash I have experienced in six months of using
> Linux.  Perhaps I had too much stuff open, or perhaps the attached file
> was full of Mickeysoft additions to HTML.  Whatever, I read the memo to
> the bottom (in Netscape Mail) and then I was completely frozen.  No
> keystrokes would do anything and the mouse cursor was frozen in
> position.  Had to hit the reset button.  fsck reported some corruption,
> but seems to have fixed it.
> Did you mean to include this as a URL reference or directly into the
> email?  Guess one has to be careful reading ASP files.

I've not had any problems with asp files, so I wouldn't be concerned
with them crashing your machine.  What version of Netscape are you
running?

Did you try killing X with the ctrl-alt-backspace sequence?  Did you try
to switch to one of your virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-f3)?

One of the things you should try before the reset button is to telnet
into your machine, su to root and shutdown.  It could be that it was
your X server that was locked up.  If you don't have another machine to
telnet in from, call a good friend you trust to attempt the same.  If
they are successful, log back in and change your root password. :)

> 
> Of all the documents for my first Linux crash to happen on, this one was
> certainly the most fitting, topic-wise.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????