Re: ESD hangs

[Havoc Pennington <rhpennin midway uchicago edu>]

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
> > in which case you have a kernel/driver/hardware problem - if esd causes
> > your system tocrash just by using /dev/dsp  it's not esd's fault. :)
> 
> Hardware problem?  Nope, it works fine with winblows.
> 
> Kernel problem?  Nope, xgal and a couple of other apps that use sound
> all seem to run fine.
> 
> Conclusion, ESD is doing something funny that none of the above did.  :)
> 

I think Raster's point is that kernel crashes caused by applications are
always bugs. X server crashes caused by X clients are always bugs too.
It's supposed to be impossible for a user to break the system. :-)

Havoc