Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 03:33:21 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: programs dying with SIGBUS after long uptime Message-ID: <XFMail.971102034223.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- A problem has recently come to my attention. After the system has been up and in use for a lengthy period of time (from several hours to a whole day or more), programs start dying with signal 10's (SIBGUS). I have seen this happen with Linux binaries only, and large ones at that - -- Executor and any of the StarOffice programs almost certainly crash after the system has been up and in use for several hours to a day. But this happened ONCE on a FreeBSD binary -- "more", believe it or not! Many programs, however, still work fine. For example, right now, I CANNOT start StarOffice or Executor (SIGBUS), but I CAN compile WINE (a rather large package, IMHO), use Netscape (the 3.04Gold BSDi version), and read and compose mail using XFMail. What could be going on here? I doubt it's the program or libraries, as I've tried reloading them from scratch, with similar results. Could my memory or CPU be going bad, or possibly overheating? (it has been very hot around here the past few days) Something similar (programs, mainly gcc, dying with random signals or other errors) happened once, when I tried overclocking a CPU beyond what it could tolerate. But I'm NOT overclocking my machine or bus right now. I don't think. (hard to tell, my motherboard came with scanty documentation) Could this be due to some BIOS configurations that aren't set right (memory timings, cache timings, PCI bus stuff, ...?) The machine is an AMD 486dx4/133 on a Jet 486 PCI mainboard (Award BIOS from Dec 1996, I believe). Please respond via email. Thanks!! ies, as I've tried reloading them from scratch, with similar results. Could my memory or CPU be going bad, or possibly overheating? (it has been very hot around here the past few days) Please respond via email. Thanks!! - --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNFxnHfjpixuAwagxAQEu8wQAht/zDlYkBq8JfeMLGrYVx2OVDwRXvwF3 57g7ru3frN6wQ7jLoVZRGShE42Mz9UFYcctiuvRTJ62Ay4ZaXZg7bvrroJqJbcIG ES3qqKfBBNLJWiskOClvbJA5EkZ7fr035KeiG4jVL7RDV/V5p9YuKt0w278zry78 zscGfevzEyw= =/xNd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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