Hi Alan, > tsc is not available in some i686 or higher systems and doesn't do what > anyone expects on things like big summit boxes (IBM x440 and the like) Which i686 architectures would that be? The big boxes are not relevant for this bug as inclusion of the offending code is based on an #ifdef __i386__. Are you arguing this bug should be reopened? Or is the conclusion that tsc is the culprit wrong? Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research