Frank Lanitz wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:57:11 +0100 Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:48:36 +0100, Andreas Tscharner andy@vis.ethz.ch wrote:
Bob Snyder wrote:
This is the version of gcc (4.1.2) that comes stock with Slack 12.0. It seems to be erratic, segfaulting in maybe one out of three builds.
Are you sure, that your hardware is OK? I have seen such errors just before my processor died...
Yes or it might be your RAM. Try compiling a kernel(2.6.xx), this should do any gcc and if not consider running memtest86 on your machine to verify your RAM.
Good idea. But keep in mind, if memtest finds any failure, your RAM is really broken. If it doesn't find any, it doesn't mean on the other hand that your RAM is really OK.
Regards, Frank
After noticing some other anomalies including a total lockup of the machine, I ran memtest86 and indeed it found errors. I have ordered some new SIMMs. Good excuse for an upgrade to more RAM! I'll update the list when I've tried it.
Thanks for the advice.
Bob S.