From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 22:44:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 67FDD16A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:44:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264EB43D45 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:44:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout14/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j8JMiPtA022507; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:44:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.1.209] (nfw1.codefab.com [199.103.21.225]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j8JMiO9E022893; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:44:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <810a540e05091915165d4a2041@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e05091818065f10356e@mail.gmail.com> <444q8gdd8g.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <810a540e050919150428c0cea1@mail.gmail.com> <810a540e05091915165d4a2041@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:44:08 -0400 To: pergesu@gmail.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Segmentation fault when building kdelibs 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: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:44:26 -0000 On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:16 PM, Pat Maddox wrote: > Happens in different spots, so I guess it's a hardware problem. But > what exactly am I looking for? Is it bad ram, a bad disk? How do I > find out what's messed up? CPU cooling or bad memory are likely culprits. Run memtest.org's checker overnight and see what that finds. memtest is also available as a port, I think, but I burned the .iso image they have and use that as a standalone bootable checker. If you have name-brand hardware, people like Dell and whatnot offer a diagnostics floppy or CD which can do useful testing, too... -- -Chuck