Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:16:54 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Tony Dunn-Lowes <tonydl@the-coolpad.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Multiple crashes (was: cc: Internal compiler error URGENT) Message-ID: <19980911141653.J611@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <h9ph$BAAUJ%2B1EwKA@the-coolpad.demon.co.uk>; from Tony Dunn-Lowes on Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 04:12:00AM %2B0100 References: <h9ph$BAAUJ%2B1EwKA@the-coolpad.demon.co.uk>
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On Friday, 11 September 1998 at 4:12:00 +0100, Tony Dunn-Lowes wrote: > HELP > > 1. > > I have just nuked my 2.2.5 system and reinstalled with 2.2.7 -RELEASE > only to find that nearly every time I attempt to compile an application > or upgrade I get ... > > cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11 > > ... or similar. > > 2. > > Also... if several "ls -la" commands are executed in succession then you > would get an error and core dump. > > 3. > > And... If a terminal screen is left for a few minutes (without activity) > it will result in a disconnection (without warning) > > I have tried disabling the CPU cache (which has seemed to improve > problem 2) but it hasn't solved the problems. I have also replaced the > RAM. > > Machine Profile ... 32MB RAM, P133, Diamond Stealth 2000, SpeedEasy QDI > Motherboard. > > I have heard that this set of problems could be due to the CPU type. Is > this true ? If your 2.2.5 system was working OK, this is really unusual. Yes, it does point to some kind of hardware problem, but it's not usually due to your CPU. Also, the P5/133 isn't exactly the most uncommon CPU. I have two of them here running quite happily. You wouldn't have changed your motherboard or memory recently, would you? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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