Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:05:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "William H. Magill" <magill@isc.upenn.edu> Message-Id: <200008221705.e7MH5CY13125@falstaff.isc-net.upenn.edu> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] unaligned traps, 6.4 and KDE
> Hello,
> Finally installed SuSE 6.4, looks very nice and was able to load more of
> the software since removing the NT partition from the computer.
> But the volume and frequency of "unaligned trap" messages is concerning.
> Mostly seem to be caused by KDE. Also some of the KDE applications have
> crashed X when I attempted to open them by their icons. Don't ask me
> which, I was just curiously trying things out when the screen suddenly
> froze, totally unresponsive to any keyboard input. My only solution has
> been to hit the soft boot switch. Not elegant.
> I did a standard 6.4 installation, nothing fancy except the choice of
> software via YAST, with the stock kernel. LX164, with Matrox Millenium
> II video card.
> Anyone else having similar experiences? Is there any reason to be
> concerned about unaligned traps, besides that it indicates non-optimal
> functioning? And fills up the log files.
> thanks, Aron
>
To me, the unaligned traps messages indicate an application which is
NOT 64 bit clean or maybe not even 64-bit knowledgable at all.
The messages come from those alignment problems which the run-time can
catch and fix.... but all of the faulty logic underpinning the messages
is still there.
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