James: What does it look like when it fails under NetBSD? FreeBSD?
For Peter (and others with a masochist bent), with names and hosts changed to protect the innocent:
*** info Sign-on: guy1 (guy1@host.bitmines.tld) entered group guy2: what kind of bits are you mining? me: hey, mine your own bitness! guy2: hm. and what do you with all the interbitwaste? me: guy2, maybe he doesn't like being quarried