Greetings!
First, an excerpt of my original query:
> The problem: Starting a few weeks ago, I was getting the
> following problem with my workstation [Sparc 2]: the screen would start to
> become "jerky" (bounce slightly from left to right, but never up-and-down),
> then the whole image would start to look "wavy" and increasingly
> illegible, until finally I couldn't read a damn thing on the screen
> anymore. Then, a system crash occurred, with a message about
> kernel data access errors. I had to do a cold reboot (not even L1-A
> would work!), and things seemed to have gone back to normal, at least
> for a while. Earlier this week, the same problems started coming back,
> first slowly, but culminating in two full-blown crashes today. Right now,
> the system is back up and running, but I don't know how much longer it's
> going to take 'till the next crash occurs...
There were 5 replies to this query. I also elicited the opinion of a
Campus unix/sun expert. Suggestions for possible culprits:
- bad GX card ( 3 votes )
- bad power supply ( 2 votes )
- bad keyboard [!] ( 1 vote )
Epilogue: After about seven crashes between Friday afternoon and Monday
evening, my Sparc2 system somehow, mysteriously, decided that it was once
more time to behave. No problems whatsoever during the last 48 hours!
Well, I'm sure the problems will be back, sooner or later, but till
then I'll hold off with installing new hardware. I'll be ready, though:
I'm obtaining a loaner GX card, power supply, even keyboard, to see if
I can eliminate the problem behavior by replacing one part at a time...
Special thanks to:
tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk (Mr T Crummey (DIJ))
roland@netcom.com (Paul Roland)
poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
boenning@igd.fhg.de (Dirk Boenning)
brobinso@bchspd.wimsey.bc.ca (Bret Robinson)
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Mico Loretan
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Department of Economics
University of Virginia Tel (804) 924-7845
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