I have the latest lynx package for Debian Jessie and brltty 5.2. Maybe user processes can't freeze the machine, but this one does. When you have a bug anything can hapen. I do suspect brltty, since it runs as a daemon. John On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:08:48AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > Exactly what versions of Lynx and brltty are you using? I've never had this > happen with Lynx, but I don't use Braille. I just upgraded to the latest > lynx-cur from testing and tried Google, but nothing unusual happened. Also, > as I understand it, user processes can't lock up the machine. They can > freeze a console, but shouldn't lock up everything. Perhaps it's some other > issue which is being triggered by Lynx, but not Lynx itself. > > On 9/21/2015 5:33 AM, John J. Boyer wrote: > >The freezing appears to be a lynx problem. It happened again while I was > >filling out the book request form in Bookshare. It did not happen when i > >used elinks. > > > >John > > > > -- > -------------------- > Tony Baechler, founder, Baechler Access Technology Services > Putting accessibility at the forefront of technology > mailto:bats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: 1-619-746-8310 Fax: 1-619-449-9898 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer; President, AbilitiesSoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.org Madison, Wisconsin USA We develop software for people with disabilities which is abailable at no cost. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list