From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 17 13:43:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail02.cluster1.charter.net (24-216-159-200.hsacorp.net [24.216.159.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1922737BC43 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:43:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from duhring@charter.net) Received: from [24.217.4.31] (HELO dave.uhring.com) by mail02.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.2.4) with SMTP id 1412556; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:48:37 -0400 From: David Uhring To: Walter Campbell , Shawn Barnhart Subject: Re: Signal 11 on 4-Stable buildworld; bad memory or what? Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:40:52 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00071715431400.01465@dave.uhring.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Walter Campbell wrote: > > The FreeBSD install I'm using had previously been running on a generic Dell > > Pentium 200 and lived through a half-dozen buildworlds without breaking. > > > > Since I haven't seen a anyone else's world breaking this way, I'm assuming > > that this is a hardware problem -- but what kind? Memory? I have a spare > > Pentium 166 CPU and extra SDRAM I can swap, any clues as to where to start? > > > > Memory is likely the problem, but also look at the L2 cache and anything > else that may cause memory corruption. > > One of my BSD box was having SIGSEGV's when compiling and occasional > reboots. I have had no instability since replacing the L2 cache > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message You might also check the cpu temperature during the compile. Using a K6-3/450, my cpu cooler was getting quite hot to the touch during the make and would exit with signal 10 or signal 11. I finally took to cover off the case and set up a box fan to force additional air into the case. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message