> FWIW, I don't see this on i386 That's exactly what causes me to think that this behavior, regardless if it is a bug or not, is SPARC-specific. As I've already written, that I've not seen it behave like this on any other system on any other hardware platform. Anyway - thaks for the information on bug fileing... Daniel Alvarez Arribas d-alvarez@gmx.de -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net