From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 04:04:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C1DA37B401 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 04:04:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch (mailhub02-skge0.unibe.ch [130.92.9.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1340C43FCB for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 04:04:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roth@iam.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE0AB7646E; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:17 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailhub02 [127.0.0.1:10024]) (amavisd-new) with LMTP id 02533-01-25; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:16 +0200 (MEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF4B7643B; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:16 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h71B4GK01254; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) id h71B4G114178; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:16 +0200 (MEST) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:04:16 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: Bruce Cran Message-ID: <20030801110415.GA13918@speedy.unibe.ch> References: <86he52r1b6.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org> <86zniupli2.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org> <20030731205208.GA14443@buffy.brucec.backnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030731205208.GA14443@buffy.brucec.backnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: SunOS speedy 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80 X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld: Signal 11; Illegal instruction X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:04:20 -0000 On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:52:08PM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 03:03:01PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote: > > Chris Shenton writes: > > > > > *** Signal 11 > > >... > > > Illegal instruction (core dumped) > > > *** Error code 132 > > > > Also seeing > > > > *** Signal 4 > > > > if it matters. This sounds way too flakey to be SW. > > I'm seeing the same symptoms. I got a signal 4 when running 'clean' in the > pam authentication directory, and I've just had a signal 11 running > 'rm -f libradius.so'. This is an install from a snapshot I built today - > during the install I had panics in _mtx_init_ and a backtrace traced through > vfs and ffs functions, and I only managed to install successfully when I > had the CPU throttled to 30%. This is the same computer which ran memtest86 > for 8 hours without a single fault last night, so I doubt the hardware's > faulty, at least not the memory or the CPU. memtest86 does not always catch memory errors. sig11 and sig4 at varying locations during buildworld are a sure indicator for a hardware problem. most likely a memory or overheating issue, though other hardware related causes are possible. if you still are not convinced that this is a hardware issue, run build- world on a -stable system. more and more latest generation laptops from different manufacturers show these symptoms during hot days. my guess is that mobile pentium 4 systems are just not as stable as they should. let's hope things get better with the pentium m chips. are the manufaturers deploy better quality control to catch the numerous faulty systems.