Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.7) Installed from: Mandriva RPMs OS: Linux Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: it occurs from 2.6.21 (at least) untill 2.6.22.9 Distribution: mandriva 2007.1 -2008.0 Hardware Environment: 384mb of RAM (2 different types)+ almost the same swap memory Software Environment: kde 3.5.6 - 3.5.7 Problem Description: Dysfunctional applications consume all the system memory (RAM and swap), system freezes. Steps to reproduce: A - Install latest openoffice (all dictionaries should be included and enabled by default, 20 or more of them, see "dictionary.lst" in "/usr/lib/ooo-2.2/share/dict/ooo"). Enable "Spellchecking while typing" and "Spellchecking in all languages". Open an openoffice document, and type more than 4 random characters. B - It also occurs with the following combination: Firefox, some dysfunctional extensions, some dysfunctional java webpages (none of which is rare). Since I am only a user, I reported this to "bugzilla.kernel.org", as well, under the same name. My question: Why is an application allowed to do that? Shouldn't there be some sort of "fuse" or threshold? Sorry for having to make the comparison, but I never had such a problem with Microsoft Windows. And this is probably the only (but unfortunately frequent) instability, that I have met in linux.
See also: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9202
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quote: "The KDE bug tracking system is not an user forum." ?????, what? I reported this both to kde and kernel, because, since I am not a programmer, i don't know if this is a kde or a kernel bug. I didn't ask for some sort of user's support...
None of the applications you reported problems with are KDE applications.
I wonder if you read what I have written. It's not about the applications. ***IT'S ABOUT THE SYSTEM.*** Applications shouldn't be allowed to freeze the system. It's both a stability and a security issue. Thing what could happen if you were in a middle of an upgrade, Or if any virus could so easily "take over" all the system resources.