How to crash the linux console (framebuffer, that is)

bytor@tucka.nmhu.edu
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:34:16 -0400 (EDT)


I haven't tested this with many different console configs, as I don't
enjoy fscking my disks and I dont have a ramdisk handy to do it with :)...

Anyway, here is how to crash it with 100% success on (my) system:

Using the complicated source code from the vanilla "Hello, world!"
program, we demonstrate:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
for (;;)
printf("Hello, world!\n");
}

Compile this, and run it. While it is running, see what happens if you
hold down the return key for a few seconds. On my system, it is a nice
hard lock followed by a cold reboot.

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