From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 17:04:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839DD16A4BF for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from merle.it.northwestern.edu (merle.it.northwestern.edu [129.105.16.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA8D43FDF for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:04:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from r-militante@northwestern.edu) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by merle.it.northwestern.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h8104pKw014366 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:04:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from merle.it.northwestern.edu (darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu [129.105.51.23]) by merle.it.northwestern.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma014309; Sun, 31 Aug 03 19:04:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:56:16 -0500 From: Redmond Militante To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030831235616.GA49368@darkpossum> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Sender: redmond@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu X-URL: http://darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1 X-DSA-and-ElGamal-Fingerprint: 2AA2 E78E A6FC 9144 3534 39A2 EE0F 8D26 5FDF 481D Subject: need advice: core dumps during buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Redmond Militante List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:04:53 -0000 --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hi all i am having trouble trying to cvsup a 5_1-RELEASE machine i'm at the 'cd /usr/src/ make buildworld' stage. i can't run 'make buildwor= ld' successfully on this machine. i'm able to on my other 5_1-RELEASE machine (although it's different hardware...). the buildworld seems to fail at different points randomly. for ex., the most current kernel core dump/error= i get when trying to complete this operation is Illegal instruction(core dumped) ****Error code 132 stop in /usr/src/usr.bin/objformat ***Error code 1 stop in /usr/src/usr.bin. ***Error code 1... Aug 28 12:30:39 host kernel : pid 61508 (make), uid 0: exited on signal 4 (= core +dumped) my hardware: dell optiplex gx250 p4 2.4 ghz 500 mhz ram FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 #1 -i was advised that problems like these most often are a result of bad ram.= i ran memtest on this machine, it found no errors. i ran dell hardware dia= gnostics on this machine, also found no errors. i pull each stick of ram se= parately - the buildworld problem reappeared no matter which stick of ram i= s in the machine, or which ram slot on the motherboard it's plugged into. one thing to note is that, before i wiped this machine and reinstalled 5_1,= this machine cvsupped flawlessly for a year as a 4x-RELEASE machine, with = the same ram. i'm hoping that there's something else i can try before wiping/reinstalling= 5_1. i'm not even sure if reinstalling will fix the problem.=20 if anyone has any words of advice, i'd appreciate it thanks --=20 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Thu Aug 28 12:42:04 CDT 2= 003 6:55PM up 3 days, 5:53, 3 users, load averages: 0.81, 0.54, 0.33 =20 Individualists unite! =20 --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/Uosf7g+NJl/fSB0RAtkVAJ43eAGtURGscSR3sXFD/ivblOSiaQCdFEsQ xKSgr5LRNqfNr2ueyucUpVg= =RTzP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--