On Monday 16 April 2007 12:06, Maurice Janssen wrote: > On Monday, April 16, 2007 at 11:30:29 -0700, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > >On Apr 16, 2007, at 10:39 AM, J.C. Roberts wrote: > >>I've never seen the "alpha bug" on my DS20L (equivalent to the > >>CS20) or > >>my 500/500 but I have seen it on my PC* boxes. Other people have > >> had the exact opposite experience. The only time I've hit the bug > >> was during system builds and in contrast, others have reported > >> hitting the bug at other times during normal operation. -- The > >> trouble is, when you have a strange "mystery bug" floating out > >> there, it may or may not be correctly blamed for any and all > >> problems. > > > >Thank you for the followup. I guess I will just try and see what > >happens. I should dig out my PC164 whatever box and see if it > >exhibits the issue. > > FWIW: the bug seems to occur at my 3000/300X, but only during heavy > load like 'make build'. I never finished such a build, but I only > tried a few times. > > Maurice
I just thought of something which might be worth a try on systems that show the bug during system builds; use nice(1) to lower the build priority. It's a long shot, and I haven't tried it, but it *might* be a useful work around. Then again, it might be a waste of time. -jcr
