The error message I get is: de4x5.c:1613 spinlock stuck in swapper at fffffe00004841690(0) owner swapper at fffffe0000841690(0) de4x5.c:1613 The reason I put this under kernel is that I saw in the usenet groups that there were problems with the spinlock program in the alpha kernel. The system is unusable since within 5-10 minutes of starting it up, it locks up with the same error message. The only way to recover it is to cycle the power on the alpha server. This is really all the information I can get about the problem since I cannot use the system. Thanks Jerrod Nelson Saint John's University
Seems to be fine in the current release (7.0)