[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ed Cogburn writes:
> > I don't see anything similar in Win95.
>
> That tends to point toward memory. Different OS's have very different
> memory usage patterns, and a bit that usually ends up storing user data
> in one may get part of a kernel data structure in another.
>
> > In fact, IIRC, I've never seen the 'General protection/failure' message
> > from any other software.
>
> It is a kernel bug for any user program to be able to cause a GP.
>
> > ...if it were a hardware problem, I'd be seeing other Linux software
> > (unrelated to dselect/apt/dpkg) having similar and frequent problems,...
>
> I always know it's past time to clean my air filter when gnus crashes. It
> is not unusual for some software to be particularly sensitive to certain
> hardware problems. Usage patterns again.
>
> > ...but its clear to me that its not a hardware problem, even though I
> > understand that you don't believe me, and you are not the only one to
> > tell me its not Debian software thats causing the problem.
>
> We aren't just being defensive. Many of us have had quite a bit of
> experience with diverse software and hardware, much of it buggy. Your
> problem smells like hardware.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, WI
Yea, I did sound a little shrill there didn't I, John. Well, the logic
still escapes me (a hardware/memory problem that only shows up when
running just *one* program, dselect/apt, but is *random* and *transient*
when running that software?), but I'll go along with this. So, how can
I check my RAM?
There was, a long time ago, a thread in debian-user about testing RAM.
Does anyone remember this? Does anybody know of a Win95/DOS/Linux
program (freely available) that does a thorough test of RAM?
--
Ed C.
