[techtalk] tty lockup

[ktb]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 08:09:01AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was running red-carpet and it ate up ALL my available ram. I killed
> it. Now I can get no responsiveness at the console. I am logged in
> from another machine right now so I can send this mail.
> 
> I suspect that the oom condition caused Linux to kill (somewhat)
> random processes, and one of them was my tty (mgetty?) Am I on track
> or way off base?
> 
> Any tips on how to fix this?
> 

What is red-carpet first of all.  I've heard people mention this but
haven't found a url.  Searched freshmeat etc.  

If you are logged into the machine in question from one of your other
computers, reboot it.
hth,
kent

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