Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'causing': 0.04; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'uses.': 0.09; 'windows': 0.15; 'bus.': 0.16; 'chrome,': 0.16; 'motherboard': 0.16; 'ourselves,': 0.16; 'processors': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'workstation': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'obviously': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'machine': 0.22; 'appears': 0.22; 'this?': 0.23; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'driver': 0.24; 'issue,': 0.24; 'connected': 0.24; 'cheers,': 0.24; 'script': 0.25; 'asking': 0.27; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'appreciated.': 0.29; 'related': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'too.': 0.31; 'card,': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; "we're": 0.32; 'running': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'display': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'ram': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'issue': 0.38; 'expect': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'browser': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; '600': 0.68; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'reply- to:addr:gmail.com': 0.80; 'pci': 0.84; 'x64': 0.84; 'absolutely': 0.87; 'crucial': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Kev Dwyer Subject: Re: splinter web browser simulator causing constant BSODs Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:45:28 +0100 References: <1b032cd8-a782-4326-9e47-18251feafe16@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc4-hari14-2-0-cust605.20-2.cable.virginmedia.com Mail-Copies-To: kevin.p.dwyer@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/4.7.2 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: kevin.p.dwyer@gmail.com List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1365871540 news.xs4all.nl 2656 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59205 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:43523 matt.topolinski@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to torubleshoot this issue for a user I support. He is running > the splinter web browser simulator trough Google Chrome, and it appears to > be causing his workstation to constantly BSOD. > > His machine has the following hardware: > > Dual Xeon E5-2637 Processors > NVIDIA Quadro 600 - connected to 3 24" LCDs via displayport > 24GB DDR3 ECC RAM > Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB Data Drive > Crucial 512GB SSD CT5-CT512M4SSD1 Boot drive > Windows 7 x64 Enterprise > > We have experienced absolutely no BSODs when troubleshooting this machine > ourselves, however we're obviously not running the software he uses. We've > swapped out the motherboard and the video card, as the BSODs "suggest" an > issue related to the PCI bus. I think this script is somehow causing his > display driver to crash, or maybe the dual CPUs is an issue, but I don't > know much about Python. > > Does anyone have any experience with this? Any additional help would be > greatly appreciated. Hello, You might be better off asking at the splinter user list on Google Groups (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/splinter-users). I expect they might like to see some sopecifics on the BSOD too. Cheers, Kev