buildworld seg faulting.

[Bill Moran]

Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
> On Monday, 01 September 2003 02:24, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 07:52:15PM +1000, Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
>>
>>>Hello list,
>>>
>>>For the past couple of weeks I've been tyring to keep my system up to
>>>date with cvsup. However, when ever I run a buildworld I get problems
>>>with gcc (I think it's gcc). I've tried nuking /usr/obj and running "make
>>>clean" many tims before each build but this doesn't help. What I've
>>>noticed is that the seg fault doesn't occur in the same place.
>>
>>There isn't enough context in the error messages you reported.
>>Are you using the -j option during your buildworld?
> 
> No. just plain old "make buildworld" i did also try -j3
> 
> 
>>However, your last sentence in the above quoted paragraph,
>>suggests that you have bad memory or a heating problem or a
>>suspect power supply.
> 
> Ahhh. I don't like the sound of that. 
> 
> Is there something else I'm leaving out. I really hope it isn't memory I sold 
> my thumbs to get 512megs of Corsair XSM :-(

Download memtest86 and let it run for a couple of hours.  If you see any
errors at all, try and get that memory replaced under warranty.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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