Behind the Mask

[tealin]

Ever since switching from my buggy Macbook to one of the Linux boxes here at work, I've had amazingly few computer problems. It doesn't like starting up from being off, though ... When I leave work I just log off so they can use the thing on the render network, but during the day I often shut it off so I don't have to hear its insistent hum telling me to check my email. When I turn it back on again it usually stalls somewhere, and today there was an unusually human error message:

Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reasons ff.
You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips
Dazed and confused but trying to continue

I waited but nothing happened, then turned it off and on again and everything worked fine. I don't know who you are, mysterious Red Hat programmer, but thanks for that!