From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 16:35:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98ED16A400 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:35:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from shanshito.webanoide.org (shanshito.webanoide.org [150.101.108.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188B913C483 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:35:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from maxito.hba.navalradio.cl (maxito.hba.navalradio.cl [172.26.4.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by shanshito.webanoide.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5CGZScr021797 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:35:29 GMT (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Message-ID: <466ECB50.5050603@webanoide.org> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:35:28 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Falanga References: <340a29540706120902k2c10be37q8656814f9fcfc649@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <340a29540706120902k2c10be37q8656814f9fcfc649@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Fresh install won't compile requirement libraries for cvsup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:35:31 -0000 Andrew Falanga wrote: > Hi, [ trim ] > After installing the ports tree, I went and did "make install clean" > in the dir for cvsup-without-gui. The script appeared to be working > through the requirements just fine too. It downloaded all necessary > files and was proceeding to the build phase. I'm not sure in which > package this occurred but the build just died on me. No errors, just > a hard hang. Nothing worked. I could not even Alt+ to a > different pseudo terminal. The system just hard hanged. I rebooted > and tried the install again with the same result. Hardware problems. > I have 384mb of PC 100 memory laying around that I was going to try > and test my theory on, but wanted to consult some of the more > experienced on this forum before going "hog" wild on this. Just out > of curiosity, what are the impacts of using memory chips of unlike > speeds in the system at the same time? I've heard, in times past, > that if one does mix memory chips, the slower chips should be used in > the lower priority (i.e. higher numbered) slots. Is this true, or is > this bogus? Faster chips match the speed of the slower ones. You could add that extra chip and see what happens. > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 at work on two "lost-leader", no name > "cheap-o" laptops also with 256mb of memory with no problems (granted, > they are Celeron 1.7gHz but still). I'm even running X with XFCE or > KDE on them. I'm really suspecting faulty memory. Oh, by the way, > this is to be a web server therefore, I'm not going to be running any > GUIs by default. Text based administration only. I'd suggest testing/stressing your memory: http://www.memtest86.com or /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest86 Let us know how it goes. Regards, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: www.webanoide.org