>>>>> "Khalid" == Khalid Aziz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Khalid> On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 12:35 +0200, Alberto Brosich wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I installed debian sarge ia64 on a HP i2000 workstation. It works >> all fine but executing some programs I find many "unaligned access" >> messages on console. Khalid> This is a known issue and has been fixed in an NMU. Take a Khalid> look at Khalid> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=258839>. You Khalid> can safely ignore these messages. What is happening is dosfsck Khalid> accesses a word/long word on an unaligned boundary. This Khalid> causes kernel to trap this access and emulate the unaligned Khalid> access. dosfsck gets the data it wants but kernel complains Khalid> about it. If the message bothers you, you can update to Khalid> version 2.11-2.1. More generally, take a look at http://gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/UnalignedAccesses You can turn an unaligned into a SIGBUS to find the exact problem, or just turn off the message. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
