descriptions_Ctor2 (api.java.awt.Frame.Ctor2Tests) intermittant failure on 5.8 x86/sparc for kest-sol-beta.
The log for the failure rate for different switches and the ERROR message is enclosed in the attached descriptions_Ctor2.txt file.

Test failure wasn't encountered on 2.7 x86/sparc till 1000 times. Even 2.6 x86 looks fine. Checked on 2.6 sparc till 100 times, didn't fail.

Machine info:
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x86:
jtg-i112% uname -a
SunOS jtg-i112 5.8 Generic i86pc i386 i86pc
jtg-i112% psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 05/30/00 17:04:59
  Processor has been on-line since 05/08/00 12:35:50.
  The i386 processor operates at 450 MHz,
        and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
Status of processor 1 as of: 05/30/00 17:04:59
  Processor has been on-line since 05/08/00 12:35:54.
  The i386 processor operates at 450 MHz,
        and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.

sparc:
jtg-s111% uname -a
SunOS jtg-s111 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
jtg-s111% psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 05/30/00 18:29:34
  Processor has been on-line since 05/25/00 16:42:19.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 168 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of processor 1 as of: 05/30/00 18:29:34
  Processor has been on-line since 05/25/00 16:42:23.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 168 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.

JDK Info:
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x86:
jtg-i112% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -client -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)
jtg-i112% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -fullversion
java full version "1.3.0-beta"
jtg-i112% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -Xint -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, interpreted mode)


sparc:
jtg-s111% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -server -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)
jtg-s111% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -client -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)


To reproduce:
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Run the script below, The script runs the test 1000 times.

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#!/bin/ksh

PATH=/usr/java1.2/bin:/bin
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
JCK=/net/ultraowl.eng/export/ultraowl1/javatb/testbase/src/JCK-runtime-13rc2
CLASSPATH=.:${JCK}/classes:${JCK}/javatest.jar
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${JCK}/lib/intel

export PATH DISPLAY CLASSPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH

typeset -i EXP_EXIT

if (( $# > 0 )); then
  EXP_EXIT=$1
else
  EXP_EXIT=95
fi

cp /dev/null error.log
cp /dev/null count.log

i=0
while (( i < 1000 )); do
  print -n "\nIteration $i... "
  print "Iteration $i..." >> count.log

/usr/java1.2/bin/java -client -Djava.security.policy=${JCK}/lib/jck.policy -verify javasoft.sqe.tests.api.java.awt.Frame.Ctor2Tests -TestCaseID ALL
# Need to find out the exact exit code
  rc=$?
  if (( $rc != ${EXP_EXIT} )); then
    print "\nFailed at iteration $i..\n"
    print "\nFailed at iteration $i..\n" >> error.log
    exit 1
  fi
  print "Test PASSED: rc=$rc\n";
(( i += 1 ))
done
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madhura.dudhgaonkar@eng 2000-05-30