Excellent, I knew it had to be a bug. Bug 7522002 has only been confirmed on:Affected Platforms are Solaris, HP Itanium, AIX, Windows. but there is a patch available for Linux x86_64 so I'll download that and give it a try. The Bug note also recommends two other Patches for bugs which sound very similar.Thanks very much for the info - I'm not sure why I didn't find these when searching Metalink - oh well.Thanks again Matt ________________________________ > From: cary.millsap@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:47:56 -0500 > Subject: Re: 10046 or gettimeofday bug..? > To: mccmx@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Matt, > > From my friend Andrew Zitelli, who has investigated this thoroughly: > "These are bugs. I believe on some Linux platforms only a single > patch is required to fix this. The two related patches are 7522002 > and 8342329. I see that both are available for Linux x86 11.1.0.7.0. This may > be incompatible with the PSU's and require one-off patches > if the user is already running 11.1.0.7.1 or later. These are generic > bugs but 8342329 afflicts primarily Solaris, HP/UX, AIX and some Linux." > > > I hope this helps, > > Cary Millsap > Method R Corporation > http://method-r.com > http://carymillsap.blogspot.com > _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l