(memory?) corruption
Posted: 2010/05/07 15:58:05
Hi,
OpenGL apps where almost freezing X unpredictably, so I did test several nvidia drivers.
Not crashing on them, apps started to segfault. Even yum and rpm did.
smartctl said "all ok" about the HDD.
Consecutive calls to 'rpm -Va' produce different outputs.
The machine is almost new, and haven't been used much previously. Identical
machine has been reported to freeze couple times recently, so software (fc12) was
suspected first. There was a bunch of updates rolled in before taking this machine into use.
But now I'm not so sure any more. memtest, perhaps?
Asus board, E8500, 4 GB, passive GF9600GT.
(duplicates removed):
[code]# rpm -Va
..5...... /usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/selfserv
..5...... /usr/lib/R/library/Biobase/help/Biobase.rdb
..5...... /usr/share/gnome/help/gedit/es/gedit.xml
..5...... /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/IBM918.gz
..5...... /usr/bin/ldb3add
..5...... /usr/bin/smbpasswd
..5...... /usr/lib/libnetapi.so.0
..5...... /usr/lib/libfftw3.so.3.2.4
missing c /usr/share/cups/templates/de/optign-pickmany.tmpl
..5...... /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-xrefs.xml
# rpm -Va
..5...... d /usr/share/doc/perl-libwww-perl-5.834/Changes
..5...... d /usr/share/doc/perl-Tk-804.028/demos/widget_lib/floor.pl
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/macro-debugger/stxclass/private/compiled/sc_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/mrlib/compiled/hierlist_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/mysterx/doc.txt
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/rnrs/compiled/main_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/share/plt/doc/drscheme/interactions-window.html
..5...... /usr/share/plt/doc/gui/snip_.html
..5...... /usr/lib/libtag.so.1.6.1
..5...... /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Date/Calc/Calc.so
..5...... /usr/share/backgrounds/nature/TwoWings.jpg
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/tex-gyre/qx-qtmbi.tfm
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/vntex/vnr/vnssdc10.pfb
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf/urw35vf/helvetic/uhvr8tn.vf
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/dottex/dottex.sty
..5...... /usr/share/gok/singlekey-automatic-scanning.xam[/code]
The main problem is naturally the fact that the user said being tolerant a glitch or two, but that repeated problems ruining her work will make her really really angry ...
OpenGL apps where almost freezing X unpredictably, so I did test several nvidia drivers.
Not crashing on them, apps started to segfault. Even yum and rpm did.
smartctl said "all ok" about the HDD.
Consecutive calls to 'rpm -Va' produce different outputs.
The machine is almost new, and haven't been used much previously. Identical
machine has been reported to freeze couple times recently, so software (fc12) was
suspected first. There was a bunch of updates rolled in before taking this machine into use.
But now I'm not so sure any more. memtest, perhaps?
Asus board, E8500, 4 GB, passive GF9600GT.
(duplicates removed):
[code]# rpm -Va
..5...... /usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/selfserv
..5...... /usr/lib/R/library/Biobase/help/Biobase.rdb
..5...... /usr/share/gnome/help/gedit/es/gedit.xml
..5...... /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/IBM918.gz
..5...... /usr/bin/ldb3add
..5...... /usr/bin/smbpasswd
..5...... /usr/lib/libnetapi.so.0
..5...... /usr/lib/libfftw3.so.3.2.4
missing c /usr/share/cups/templates/de/optign-pickmany.tmpl
..5...... /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-xrefs.xml
# rpm -Va
..5...... d /usr/share/doc/perl-libwww-perl-5.834/Changes
..5...... d /usr/share/doc/perl-Tk-804.028/demos/widget_lib/floor.pl
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/macro-debugger/stxclass/private/compiled/sc_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/mrlib/compiled/hierlist_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/mysterx/doc.txt
..5...... /usr/lib/plt/collects/rnrs/compiled/main_ss.zo
..5...... /usr/share/plt/doc/drscheme/interactions-window.html
..5...... /usr/share/plt/doc/gui/snip_.html
..5...... /usr/lib/libtag.so.1.6.1
..5...... /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Date/Calc/Calc.so
..5...... /usr/share/backgrounds/nature/TwoWings.jpg
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/tex-gyre/qx-qtmbi.tfm
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/vntex/vnr/vnssdc10.pfb
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf/urw35vf/helvetic/uhvr8tn.vf
..5...... /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/dottex/dottex.sty
..5...... /usr/share/gok/singlekey-automatic-scanning.xam[/code]
The main problem is naturally the fact that the user said being tolerant a glitch or two, but that repeated problems ruining her work will make her really really angry ...