> I have a new laptop which has some problems. First I ran tartest (a program I > wrote which repeatedly untars the kernel source and compares the results) and > found that one memory module is bad and the other is good. Next I found that > when it compiles Linux, the result doesn't work. So I copied mprime (static > version) from my desktop box which is running it, ran a stress test, and > within a few minutes got "Trace/breakpoint trap" and it quit. This is running > the kernel on the CD, not the one I compiled which doesn't work. What does > that mean?
if your cpu/memory/etc system is unreliable or untrustworthy, then most anything can and probably will happen. debug the memory problem, replacing any bad simms before you proceed. Try http://www.memtest86.com (free standalone RAM tester, boots off a floppy disk). _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
