On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 07:44:48PM +0100, minek van wrote: > I gaved it a try, all sets installed, xdm starts X. > after first boot > pkg_add firefox libreoffice gimp > ln -s S /etc/malloc.conf > reboot > > all done in virtualbox. > > With or without "S" the 360p testvideo lags.. but virtualbox. > > So tried Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice > > All looks working great. > > So why isn't "S" enabled by default? It is the "most secure" solution for the > malloc settings, no? > > Or are there still programs that will crash when "S" is used? > > What are those? > > Thanks.
It is not a problem of crashing or not, S does incur a performance hit that we are not willing accept by default. BTW, some programs do enable S by themselves, ssh and sshd for example. -Otto