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Re: Problems compiling kernel 2.2.12



*- On 14 Sep, Seth R Arnold wrote about "Re: Problems compiling kernel 2.2.12"
> On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 04:41:41AM -0400, Wayne McLemore wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 	I am a first time writer and I'm looking for a little help. The problem is 
>> I'm trying to upgrade my kernel to 2.2.12 and after I do the "make dep, 
>> make clean and make zImage" my machine tells me this:
>> 
>> -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686   -fno-omit-frame-pointer -c -o sched.o sched.c
>> gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>> make[2]: *** [sched.o] Error 1
> 
> 
> Signal 11 usually means memory is gone screwy -- if you overclocked, you
> overclocked too far. You should clock your CPU back down a bit if you
> overclocked it any, you should slow your RAM timings down in BIOS, or you
> should run a very comprehensive memory scanner on your machine to ensure
> that all your memory is good.
> 
> Compiling the kernel traverses huge trees in memory, making a kernel compile
> one of the best system sanity-checks I know about. Any wrong bits in there,
> and then the compiler jumps to the wrong spot, etc.. and gives up with a
> signal 11.
> 
> There is an entire signall 11 FAQ out there someplace, I forget where it is
> though.
> 

http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/

-- 
Brian 
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