Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 13:42:32 -0800 From: Sam Nilsson <sam@servingpeace.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld fails for 5-Stable cvsup'd today Message-ID: <41B22F48.4070203@servingpeace.com> In-Reply-To: <20041204213345.44dc9e1b.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <20041204202322.GD12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20041204213345.44dc9e1b.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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Godwin Stewart wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:23:22 +0000, Stacey Roberts > <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote: > > >>internal compiler error: Segmentation fault > > > Faulty RAM, maybe? > > A machine throwing a segfault is fairly characteristic of a CPU overheating > and/or of a faulty RAM stick. > I'll chime in here (again!) and mention that I was having the same problem yesterday trying to make buildworld (5.3 Release). It turned out that one of my RAM modules was bad and the bios must not have fully mapped out all of the bad parts. After removing the offending memory module (through trial and error), freebsd is as stable as ever and my builds went flawlessly. So Godwin is probably right. It is probably bad RAM. - Sam
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