Fresh install won't compile requirement libraries for cvsup

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Andrew Falanga wrote:
> Hi,

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> After installing the ports tree, I went and did "make install clean"
> in the dir for cvsup-without-gui.  The script appeared to be working
> through the requirements just fine too.  It downloaded all necessary
> files and was proceeding to the build phase.  I'm not sure in which
> package this occurred but the build just died on me.  No errors, just
> a hard hang.  Nothing worked.  I could not even Alt+<num> to a
> different pseudo terminal.  The system just hard hanged.  I rebooted
> and tried the install again with the same result.

Hardware problems.

> I have 384mb of PC 100 memory laying around that I was going to try
> and test my theory on, but wanted to consult some of the more
> experienced on this forum before going "hog" wild on this.  Just out
> of curiosity, what are the impacts of using memory chips of unlike
> speeds in the system at the same time?  I've heard, in times past,
> that if one does mix memory chips, the slower chips should be used in
> the lower priority (i.e. higher numbered) slots.  Is this true, or is
> this bogus?

Faster chips match the speed of the slower ones. You could add that 
extra chip and see what happens.

> I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 at work on two "lost-leader", no name
> "cheap-o" laptops also with 256mb of memory with no problems (granted,
> they are Celeron 1.7gHz but still).  I'm even running X with XFCE or
> KDE on them.  I'm really suspecting faulty memory.  Oh, by the way,
> this is to be a web server therefore, I'm not going to be running any
> GUIs by default.  Text based administration only.

I'd suggest testing/stressing your memory:

http://www.memtest86.com
or
/usr/ports/sysutils/memtest86


Let us know how it goes.


Regards,
Mikhail.

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