Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 12:30, mike wrote: Ahh... thanks Steven. Never happened to me before at least since I been using Linux. I guess I thought I was safer than I really was. Not sure how to turn that off in mozilla will look around. Again thanks, Mike Not quite sure in Mozilla Mail - but it's there somewhere. If it was Evolution I could tell you right off the bat... -- stephen kuhn I found out what the problem was, it seems to be a bug with the particular version of Mozilla I _was_ useing, tried different version with no problems.(I think anyways) Still going after the no html solution though. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or whatever. Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source just to see what it looks like. I know :-| killed the cat. I did not ever have a problem until today I got 2 of them and each time I viewed them X died with client killed. So I copy them to a file and view them there with an editor. Ok no problem so I open up my browser and do a search on some of particulars like subject and attachments. I whined up at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/ at a developers forum and see a similar message there. I'm scrolling it in mozilla browser and it kills X again. What is happening? is viewing the text document in browser executing some kind of java exploit? Should I report this to Source forge? Or am I compromized, I ran chkrootkit and results were negative (nothing showed up). Thanks Mike Check your mail preferences and make sure that you only view the messages at TEXT instead of HTML = that is where the problem lies. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: snip I'm scrolling it in mozilla browser and it kills X again. What is happening? is viewing the text document in browser executing some kind of java exploit? Should I report this to Source forge? Or am I compromized, I ran chkrootkit and results were negative (nothing showed up). Thanks Mike Check your mail preferences and make sure that you only view the messages at TEXT instead of HTML = that is where the problem lies. -- stephen kuhn Ahh... thanks Steven. Never happened to me before at least since I been using Linux. I guess I thought I was safer than I really was. Not sure how to turn that off in mozilla will look around. Again thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 12:30, mike wrote: Ahh... thanks Steven. Never happened to me before at least since I been using Linux. I guess I thought I was safer than I really was. Not sure how to turn that off in mozilla will look around. Again thanks, Mike Not quite sure in Mozilla Mail - but it's there somewhere. If it was Evolution I could tell you right off the bat... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Use a pun, go to jail. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
