From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 05:41:36 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 6D2C216A4BF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 05:41:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7534143FD7 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 05:41:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h82Cf2Qr008344 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:41:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h82Cf2iu008343; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:41:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:41:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Kim Needham Message-ID: <20030902124102.GB8095@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Kim Needham , questions@freebsd.org References: <20030902212649.2269ce7a.kimn@chariot.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030902212649.2269ce7a.kimn@chariot.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SH Core Dumps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 12:41:36 -0000 --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:26:49PM +0930, Kim Needham wrote: >=20 > Im running 5.1-RELEASE-p2 which I updated last sunday. > While I was rebuilding some of the packages, /bin/sh seems to > randomly core dump, which is causing many things not to > compile correctly. >=20 > Is this a known problem? I generally get a signal 4, though > occasionally a signal 11 when it fails. Classic symptoms of hardware failure, probably of some of the memory in your machine, or possibly the CPU. This sort of thing comes up all the time on this list: check the archives for details. =20 > Any suggestions/help? Try running a few passes of memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.org/) to confirm that you have a problem. Try pulling out half of your memory sticks to see if you can isolate the faulty component. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/VI/edtESqEQa7a0RAmAGAJ9qTaz94/hLZvLGNlxtVz3aGZ8GtACfTEZH 4YE8X3Jfnn5z666G0g0NKHM= =/FPK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk--