... strace of dillo freeze -- a moment before the freeze ...

2:24: read(3, 0x6d7da4, 4096)                 = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
2:24: read(3, 0x6d7da4, 4096)                 = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
2:24: select(5, [3 4], [], [], {0, 0})        = 1 (in [4], left {0, 0})
2:24: read(4, "mentOfTheDay: Entanglement</b></"..., 8192) = 5422
2:24: read(4, 0x7fff859c2380, 8192)           = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
2:24: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 5
2:24: fcntl(5, F_GETFL)                       = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
2:24: fcntl(5, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
2:24: fcntl(5, F_GETFD)                       = 0
2:24: fcntl(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
2:24: connect(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80), sin_addr=inet_addr("69.196.130.120")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now in progress)
2:24: fcntl(5, F_GETFL)                       = 0x802 (flags O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)
2:24: fcntl(5, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
2:24: fcntl(5, F_GETFD)                       = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
2:24: fcntl(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
2:24: open("/home/dennisn/.dillo/dpid_comm_keys", O_RDONLY) = 6
2:24: fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=14, ...}) = 0
2:24: mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5c06c04000
2:24: read(6, "5020 00996b10\n", 4096)        = 14
2:24: close(6)                                = 0
2:24: munmap(0x7f5c06c04000, 4096)            = 0
2:24: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 6
2:24: setsockopt(6, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0

... graphics/UI are frozen here ...

2:45: connect(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5020), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = -1 ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
2:45: write(1, "Dpi_check_dpid_ids: Connection t"..., 41Dpi_check_dpid_ids: Connection timed out
2:45: ) = 41
2:45: pipe([7, 8])                            = 0
2:45: clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f5c0ad679f0) = 27585
2:45: close(8)                                = 0
2:45: read(7, "", 8192)                       = 0
2:45: close(7)                                = 0
2:45: write(1, "Dpi_blocking_start_dpid: try 1\n", 31Dpi_blocking_start_dpid: try 1
2:45: ) = 31
2:46: nanosleep({0, 250000000}, NULL)         = 0
2:46: open("/home/dennisn/.dillo/dpid_comm_keys", O_RDONLY) = 7
2:46: fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=14, ...}) = 0
2:46: mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5c06c04000
2:46: read(7, "5029 8460ff01\n", 4096)        = 14
2:46: close(7)                                = 0
2:46: munmap(0x7f5c06c04000, 4096)            = 0
2:46: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 7
2:46: setsockopt(7, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
2:46: connect(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5029), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
2:46: close(7)                                = 0
2:46: open("/home/dennisn/.dillo/dpid_comm_keys", O_RDONLY) = 7
2:46: fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=14, ...}) = 0
2:46: mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5c06c04000
2:46: read(7, "5029 8460ff01\n", 4096)        = 14
2:46: close(7)                                = 0
2:46: munmap(0x7f5c06c04000, 4096)            = 0
2:46: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 7
2:46: setsockopt(7, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0

... a second freeze, i believe ...

3:07: connect(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5029), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = -1 ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
3:07: write(1, "Dpi_get_server_port: Connection "..., 42Dpi_get_server_port: Connection timed out
3:07: ) = 42
3:07: close(7)                                = 0
3:07: write(1, "** ERROR **: [a_Dpi_send_blockin"..., 64** ERROR **: [a_Dpi_send_blocking_cmd] Can't connect to server.
3:07: ) = 64
3:07: read(4294967295, 0x7fff859bfdd0, 8192)  = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
3:07: write(1, "** ERROR **: [Dpi_blocking_read]"..., 53** ERROR **: [Dpi_blocking_read] Bad file descriptor
3:07: ) = 53
3:07: write(1, "** ERROR **: [a_Dpi_send_blockin"..., 59** ERROR **: [a_Dpi_send_blocking_cmd] Can't read message.
3:07: ) = 59
3:07: fcntl(5, F_GETFL)                       = 0x802 (flags O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)
3:07: fcntl(5, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
3:07: fcntl(5, F_GETFD)                       = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
3:07: fcntl(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
3:07: open("/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 7
3:07: fcntl(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
3:07: fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=501180, ...}) = 0
3:07: mmap(NULL, 501180, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 7, 0) = 0x7f5c06b8a000
3:07: close(7)                                = 0
3:07: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 7
3:07: fcntl(7, F_GETFL)                       = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
3:07: fcntl(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
3:07: fcntl(7, F_GETFD)                       = 0
3:07: fcntl(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
3:07: connect(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80), sin_addr=inet_addr("69.196.130.120")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now in progress)
3:07: fcntl(7, F_GETFL)                       = 0x802 (flags O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)
3:07: fcntl(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = 0
3:07: fcntl(7, F_GETFD)                       = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
3:07: fcntl(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
3:07: open("/home/dennisn/.dillo/dpid_comm_keys", O_RDONLY) = 8
3:07: fstat(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=14, ...}) = 0
3:07: mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5c06b89000
3:07: read(8, "5029 8460ff01\n", 4096)        = 14
3:07: close(8)                                = 0
3:07: munmap(0x7f5c06b89000, 4096)            = 0
3:07: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 8
3:07: setsockopt(8, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
3:07: connect(8, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5029), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
3:07: close(8)                                = 0
3:07: open("/home/dennisn/.dillo/dpid_comm_keys", O_RDONLY) = 8
3:07: fstat(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=14, ...}) = 0
3:07: mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5c06b89000
3:07: read(8, "5029 8460ff01\n", 4096)        = 14
3:07: close(8)                                = 0
3:07: munmap(0x7f5c06b89000, 4096)            = 0
3:07: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 8
3:07: setsockopt(8, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
3:07: connect(8, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5029), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
3:07: write(8, "<cmd='check_server' msg='cookies"..., 36) = 36
3:07: read(8, "<cmd='send_data' msg='5033' '>", 8192) = 30
3:07: close(8)                                = 0
3:07: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 8
3:07: setsockopt(8, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
3:07: connect(8, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(5033), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 0
3:07: write(8, "<cmd='auth' msg='8460ff01' '>", 29) = 29
3:07: write(8, "<cmd='get_cookie' scheme='http' "..., 97) = 97
3:07: read(8, [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!

... around here is where the cpu goes to 100% -- infinite loop ...

3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!
3:07: [cookies dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
3:07: [cookies dpi]: cleanup
3:07: [cookies dpi]: The cookies file has a file lock; disabling cookies!

... etc ad infinitum :| ...