Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:56:35 -0700 (PDT) From: David Yucht <davey@ecst.csuchico.edu> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld: Signal 11; Illegal instruction Message-ID: <Pine.GHP.4.05.10307311150230.13714-100000@smilodon.ecst.csuchico.edu> In-Reply-To: <86he52r1b6.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>
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Grab a copy of Memtest86 from their site and run it on your box. Let it go a good 8-12 hours and do a full test (all 11) a couple times. At the end it will tell you if there are any issues with your memory. The program fits on a floppy and progressively tests every byte of memory with every bit pattern. If there are problems, from a failed bank to one or two bits that are being asked to run too fast, it will find them. If the tests complete successfully, I'd then move on to testing your disks and from there on to other devices. David Yucht On 31 Jul 2003, Chris Shenton wrote: > I'm trying to do a "make buildworld" on my system: > > FreeBSD PECTOPAH.shenton.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #2: Tue > Jul 1 19:48:37 EDT 2003 > chris@PECTOPAH.shenton.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PECTOPAH i386 > > And it keeps dying at various points early in the build. It's a > different location each time, some times as soon as 12 seconds, some > as long as 100 seconds. Most of the time it's a Signal 11, e.g.: > > rm -f .depend GPATH GRTAGS GSYMS GTAGS > ===> games/pom > *** Signal 11 > > But sometimes it complains about Illegal instruction: > > ===> rescue/rescue/client > rm -f dhclient clparse.o dhclient.o dhclient.conf.5.gz dhclient.leases.5.gz dhclient.8.gz dhclient-sc\ > ript.8.gz dhclient.conf.5.cat.gz dhclient.leases.5.cat.gz dhclient.8.cat.gz dhclient-script.8.cat.gz > Illegal instruction (core dumped) > *** Error code 132 > > This smells like a hardware problem to me. Oddly, this is the first > off-the-shelf box I've bought in years. A Dell 600sc with CERC RAID > controller, 256MB DELL RAM. To this, I added 512MB Crucial RAM. > > I've seen this before in heavy builds (mozilla, openoffice, x11) but > now it's really buggin' me. I'm kinda stuck if I can't make world. > > Suggestions? If you think it's marginal HW, do you have any > suggestions on how to test and determine the culprit? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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