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Date:      Mon, 01 Sep 2003 09:02:58 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        "Alastair G. Hogge" <agh@tpg.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buildworld seg faulting.
Message-ID:  <3F534382.5010002@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200309012248.43597.agh@tpg.com.au>
References:  <200308311952.15537.agh@tpg.com.au> <20030831162455.GA8332@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200309012248.43597.agh@tpg.com.au>

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Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
> On Monday, 01 September 2003 02:24, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 07:52:15PM +1000, Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
>>
>>>Hello list,
>>>
>>>For the past couple of weeks I've been tyring to keep my system up to
>>>date with cvsup. However, when ever I run a buildworld I get problems
>>>with gcc (I think it's gcc). I've tried nuking /usr/obj and running "make
>>>clean" many tims before each build but this doesn't help. What I've
>>>noticed is that the seg fault doesn't occur in the same place.
>>
>>There isn't enough context in the error messages you reported.
>>Are you using the -j option during your buildworld?
> 
> No. just plain old "make buildworld" i did also try -j3
> 
> 
>>However, your last sentence in the above quoted paragraph,
>>suggests that you have bad memory or a heating problem or a
>>suspect power supply.
> 
> Ahhh. I don't like the sound of that. 
> 
> Is there something else I'm leaving out. I really hope it isn't memory I sold 
> my thumbs to get 512megs of Corsair XSM :-(

Download memtest86 and let it run for a couple of hours.  If you see any
errors at all, try and get that memory replaced under warranty.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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