Re: Kernel compilation problem
>>>>> "Elie" == Elie Rosenblum <fnord@cosanostra.net> writes:
Elie> On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Alexander Koch wrote:
>> I tried to compile a new kernel on my own (just the old way)
>> and I am afraid i messed some things up...
>>
>> What does have to be a module? Even the SCSI controller? (I
>> guess not)
>>
>> And, besides - after installing debian on my system I get
>> segfaults and coredumps with several programs at random choice
>> and at will, if you call it this way. Then I get a signal 11
>> even with rnews (uucp) (!) and occasionally when compiling a
>> new kernel...
>>
>> Well, I know of this fatal sig 11 thing, but, $%!"#$"#$%"%", it
>> worked before on the same two scsi discs with another
>> distribution.
Elie> If you have fatal sig 11 during kernel compilation, it
Elie> almost _always_ means you have either bad L2 cache or a bad
Elie> simm. To see if it's the cache, go into your BIOS and
Elie> disable the external cache entirely. If it's not the cache,
Elie> I suggest getting a SIMM tester and running all of your
Elie> memory through it several times.
It can also mean a stuck CPU fan; that's what caused this problem on
one of my boxes. I was able to fix it with a little WD-40.
Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com>
http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg
Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.29t
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