Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:29:58 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Sam Nilsson <sam@servingpeace.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld fails for 5-Stable cvsup'd today Message-ID: <20041205012958.GH12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <41B22F48.4070203@servingpeace.com> References: <20041204202322.GD12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20041204213345.44dc9e1b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <41B22F48.4070203@servingpeace.com>
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Hi, Thanks to all that responded. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Nilsson <sam@servingpeace.com>" To: To freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 04 Dec, 2004 21:42 GMT Subject: Re: make buildworld fails for 5-Stable cvsup'd today > 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. The problem was indeed dodgy RAM! I swapped the RAM out for other modules, and buildworld (and the complete upgrade to Stable, as a matter of fact) completed successfully. Strange though.., the machine I've been working on was originally running Fedora Core-3 quite happily - even recompiled a new kernel before trashing it for FreeBSD.., Go figure.., Thanks again to everyone - onwards! Regards, Stacey > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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