From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 15 19:49:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-2.enteract.com (smtp-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E240537B43E for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:49:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@tumbolia.com) Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (shell-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.41]) by smtp-2.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7519661BF; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 21:47:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 21:47:26 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt X-Sender: dscheidt@shell-2.enteract.com To: Mike Dorin Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory Tools for FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Mike Dorin wrote: :My new freebsd server crashes when I try to build things like ssh. :I suspect it is a memory problem. Are there any tools that could :help me exercise things like memory to be sure? :-Mike The machine panics, or the gcc process dies? If it's a panic, what's the panic string? If it's just a process dieing, what does it die of? What version of FreeBSD? What sort of hardware? Without this sort of information, you're not going to get much help. Software memory testers are worse than worthless. If you think you've got a memory problem, replace it. If your vendor won't replace suspect memory, no questions asked, get a better vendor. David Scheidt -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message