Trying to upgrade Gnome, Mozilla won't build. Stuck!

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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Scott I. Remick wrote:
| On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:50:55 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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|>This looks very much like a hardware problem.  Random segfaults point to
|>either over-optimization (which it doesn't look like you're doing) or
|>bad or over-taxed hardware.
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| *sigh* So frustrating. Why would it ONLY happen with Mozilla though? How
| could I get through a ton of other port builds just fine only to have it
| fail in Mozilla?

Because Mozilla uses complex C++ code?  If it is hardware, it can be
very unpredictable.

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|>If you're using the 4BSD scheduler and
|>you've built world and kernel with default CFLAGS, then I would download
|>some of those x86 hardware tester ISOs, and run diagnostics.
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| Ok I will see if I can find some. Are there any that you're particularly
| fond of?

I haven't used any myself.

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|>Also, check to make sure your cooling is working correctly.
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| mbmon is reporting a steady 29'C case temp and 41'C CPU temp while in the
| thick of the Mozilla compile. This is an Athlon 1.2GHz.

And how does that compare with normal operation or compilation of other
ports?

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome at FreeBSD.org
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