Chromium error - "Sorry - no swapbytes for you"

I got the above error message and the app quit.

What does this mean and how do I fix it. 

This is Linux RHEL 3.0, AMD cpus, Chromium 1.7 (compiled on RH 7.3),
FX3000G, 8 Gigs RAM on each node. DMX 1.2. No incremental updates on CR
or DMX - just the most recent stock download - having trouble connecting
to the cvs server.

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