From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 01:30:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4687016A50F for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9B243D62 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [82.68.31.179] (helo=Demon.vickiandstacey.com) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CalEE-00074C-2H; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:30:22 +0000 Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (crom [192.168.1.10]) iB51UIH7000474; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:18 GMT (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iB51U4Ku062704; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:09 GMT (envelope-from stacey@crom.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from stacey@localhost) by crom.vickiandstacey.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iB51TwGY062703; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:29:58 GMT (envelope-from stacey) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:29:58 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts To: Sam Nilsson Message-ID: <20041205012958.GH12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20041204202322.GD12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20041204213345.44dc9e1b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <41B22F48.4070203@servingpeace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B22F48.4070203@servingpeace.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.68.31.179] cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld fails for 5-Stable cvsup'd today X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:30:24 -0000 Hi, Thanks to all that responded. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Nilsson " To: To freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 04 Dec, 2004 21:42 GMT Subject: Re: make buildworld fails for 5-Stable cvsup'd today > Godwin Stewart wrote: > >On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:23:22 +0000, Stacey Roberts > > wrote: > > > > > >>internal compiler error: Segmentation fault > > > > > >Faulty RAM, maybe? > > > >A machine throwing a segfault is fairly characteristic of a CPU overheating > >and/or of a faulty RAM stick. The problem was indeed dodgy RAM! I swapped the RAM out for other modules, and buildworld (and the complete upgrade to Stable, as a matter of fact) completed successfully. Strange though.., the machine I've been working on was originally running Fedora Core-3 quite happily - even recompiled a new kernel before trashing it for FreeBSD.., Go figure.., Thanks again to everyone - onwards! Regards, Stacey > > > > I'll chime in here (again!) and mention that I was having the same > problem yesterday trying to make buildworld (5.3 Release). > > It turned out that one of my RAM modules was bad and the bios must not > have fully mapped out all of the bad parts. After removing the offending > memory module (through trial and error), freebsd is as stable as ever > and my builds went flawlessly. > > So Godwin is probably right. It is probably bad RAM. > > - Sam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"