Cmdtool runs wild

[Claus Fleischer]

In article <2095 at brchh104.bnr.ca>, t19 at nikhef.nl (Geert J v Oldenborgh) writes:
|> Occasionally when my little console window (SunView) receives a redraw
|> event it runs wild:
|> 
|> USER       PID %CPU %MEM   SZ  RSS TT STAT START  TIME COMMAND
|> gj        6667 93.6  9.6  144  664 p3 R    10:12   1:02 cmdtool -Wp 0 0 -Ws 676 
|> 
|> Any click on it will hang the machine, the only solution is to kill it and
|> start a new one.  Is this a known problem and is there a workaround?

This happens on my machine to occasionally, not only but preferably to
cmdtool. Also the window might disappear and the status changes to RUNNING
process (is that right?). At least, the process won't be listed anymore
with  "ps -aux" but now appears if I say "ps -auxr". 

Any help ?

 Claus Fleischer, Inst.Chem.Verf.tech, Uni Stuttgart, 7000 Stuttgart 1, FRG
 INTERNET:  claus at suncvt13.verfahrenstechnik.uni-stuttgart.de