This is not crashing, but giving very strange answers. It is very difficult to set up the example calculation -- you need many layers of scientific software (R, ADMB) plus a bunch of compiler and dev software. And, it seems, just the right WiFi network. Still, I had an Asus Eee 1005HA with a bad processor that was very difficult to make go wrong except in large data transfers.
I'm inclined toward a h/w issue myself, but it is conceivable that a driver in the right circumstances could corrupt memory where numbers are stored. And the ADMB s/w uses lots and lots of GB and ends up swapping sometimes. JN On 07/21/2011 03:45 PM, Jean-François Bilodeau wrote: > I don't know if it's related, but when my sister's Airport Express card > failed on her > iBook, MacOS X crashed regularly. > > I've never had a wireless driver crash a Linux machine so I'm tempted to say > it /may/ be a > hardware problem. > > J-F > > On 2011-07-21, at 14:00, John C Nash wrote: > >> I'm at a scientific workshop in Santa Barbara. >> >> One of the scientists had to get his machine replaced a couple of weeks ago. >> Quad >> processor Dell Latitude E6410 running Ubuntu 11.04. >> >> While at the hotel, he could run some fairly fancy statistical models that >> compile C++ >> (the tool is called AD Model Builder). But at the scientific institution >> (NCEAS), things >> crashed. He spent a lot of time trying to fix things until I suggested >> turning off >> wireless (not just disconnect). >> >> Has anyone seen any such strange happening.\? We suspect possible h/w issue >> or maybe a >> driver bug. >> >> Cheers, JN >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
