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Date:      Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:49:02 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
Cc:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Debugging, Linux style 
Message-ID:  <199809232049.NAA03869@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:10:53 %2B0200." <19980923151053.B9294@cityip.co.za> 

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> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 at 23:05 SAT, Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav  wrote:
> > 
> > The term "shotgun debugging" comes to mind.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what would be a valid procedure to follow in order to debug
> that user's problem?

A 1:1 dialog with the user, involving the replacement of various 
hardware components, extraction of more debugging information, etc.

> (Also:  I've heard that certain versions of the Virge cause lockups when used
> with certain PII chipsets, but that might be hearsay.)

I have personally witnessed fatal interactions between the ViRGE VX and
DX chips and the 440FX PCI implementation.  I have a 4M DX going cheap 
if someone is game.  8(


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