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Date:      Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:14:20 -0600
From:      Stormy Henderson <stormy@futuresouth.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   GCC Signal 11
Message-ID:  <19981118141420.04580@futuresouth.com>

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I just bought a new used machine for myself, and am having a problem with
it in FreeBSD 3.0R.  GCC segfaults, signal 11, EVERY time it is run,
immediately.  Regardless of sources used, regardless of machine load, free
memory, etc.  I read the Sig 11 FAQ and tried all the following:
  Tried three sets of SIMMs
  Disabled CPU cache
  Disabled L2 cache
  Set all RAM timings to the slowest available
  Disabled/slowed all performance options

None of it helped at all.  I followed the suggestions in the FAQ to
determine if it is a hardware or software problem, and the results
indicated software.  GCC always crashes at the same time, on the very first
file, EVERY time.  100% reliably crashes.  Trying different source files
doesn't help.  The files are completely readable, start to end, so I feel
that rules out some sort of storage media problem.  Everything else works
fine.

Installing a copy of Linux (RH 5.0, it came with the machine), it has no
problems at all, GCC works great.

So my deduction is that there is a software bug related to my particular
hardware combination, which is:
  Tyan S1563D dual motherboard
  Dual Intel Pentium 133Mhz processors
  136MB RAM
  Adaptec 2940 SCSI-2 PCI controller, revision 1.16 (aic7870)
  Dual Fujitsu M1606S 1Gb SCSI-2 hard drives
  Plextor PX-4XCS 4x SCSI CD-ROM, version 1.01
  Number Nine Motion 771 PCI video card with 2MB (S3 968)
  Cirrus Logic 33.6k internal modem

I'm running the minimal distribution of 3.0-RELEASE with the sys sources
installed.  SMP is not enabled (can't compile a kernel).

Let me know what information I left out.  (c:

Be happy...
-- 
Stormy Henderson

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