diff -r 46b19589b593 scripts/sparse/svds.m
--- a/scripts/sparse/svds.m	Mon Jul 30 15:29:19 2012 -0700
+++ b/scripts/sparse/svds.m	Tue Jul 31 10:46:19 2012 -0700
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@
 %! v = v(:, idx);
 %! randn_state = randn ("state");
 %! rand_state = rand ("state");
-%! randn ("state", 42);      % Initialize to make normest function reproducible
-%! rand ("state", 42);
-%! opts.v0 = rand (2*n,1); % Initialize eigs ARPACK starting vector
-%!                         % to guarantee reproducible results
+%! randn ("state", 42);    % Initialize to make normest function reproducible
+%! rand ("state", 42);     % Initialize to make other svds aspects reproducible
+%! opts.v0 = repmat (0.5, [2*n, 1]); % Initialize eigs ARPACK starting vector
+%!                                   % to guarantee reproducible results
 %!
 %!testif HAVE_ARPACK
 %! [u2,s2,v2,flag] = svds (A,k);