From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 26 22:28:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15627 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:28:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (root@[208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15622 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:28:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-30.camalott.com [208.229.74.30] (may be forged)) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA28642; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:28:01 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01035; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:28:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:28:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199806270528.AAA01035@detlev.UUCP> To: paulo@main.fiscodata.com.br CC: rssh@grad.kiev.ua, J.Hogeveen@twiddle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199806261421.LAA15525@main.fiscodata.com.br> (message from Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade on Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:21:46 -0300 (EST)) Subject: Re: Signal-11 From: Joel Ray Holveck References: <3592BA54.9A3CA8EF@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> <199806261421.LAA15525@main.fiscodata.com.br> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a 486 machine that frequently trashes files. Sometimes, > while doing a large compile, gcc will not understand the C language > anymore ;), doing the *same* error always. A simple reboot and recompile > works fine. > The most common problems is the gcc executable file image being loaded > incorrectly from disk or the file it is compiling. I think the real problem > with this machine may be the hard disk, but the cause of the repeteable > failures is the file cache with wrong data. Sounds like a problem with your RAM, cache ram, MB, or uP, with RAM being the most likely. You're not overclocking, are you? (If you are, just set it to spec and try again, and *don't* mention it to the list right now; I don't want to have to delete the ensuing rubbish.) Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message