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To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>
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Subject: Re: programs dying with SIGBUS after long uptime 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 04:46:16 -0800
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>Many programs, however, still work fine.  For example, right now, I CANNOT
>start StarOffice or Executor (SIGBUS), but I CAN compile WINE (a rather
>large package, IMHO), use Netscape (the 3.04Gold BSDi version), and read
>and compose mail using XFMail.
>
>What could be going on here?  I doubt it's the program or libraries, as
>I've tried reloading them from scratch, with similar results.  Could my
>memory or CPU be going bad, or possibly overheating?  (it has been very
>hot around here the past few days)

   Sounds like bad memory to me, but could also be bad memory timing.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project