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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:23:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Stormy Henderson <stormy@futuresouth.com>
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Subject: Re: GCC Signal 11
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Stormy Henderson wrote:

> I just bought a new used machine for myself, and am having a problem with
> it in FreeBSD 3.0R.  GCC segfaults, signal 11, EVERY time it is run,
> immediately.  Regardless of sources used, regardless of machine load, free
> memory, etc.  I read the Sig 11 FAQ and tried all the following:
>   Tried three sets of SIMMs
>   Disabled CPU cache
>   Disabled L2 cache
>   Set all RAM timings to the slowest available
>   Disabled/slowed all performance options

Hm....

> None of it helped at all.  I followed the suggestions in the FAQ to
> determine if it is a hardware or software problem, and the results
> indicated software.  GCC always crashes at the same time, on the very first
> file, EVERY time.  100% reliably crashes.  Trying different source files
> doesn't help.  The files are completely readable, start to end, so I feel
> that rules out some sort of storage media problem.  Everything else works
> fine.

Run an mtree and see if something was modified.  Use
/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist as the template file.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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