many things can cause a sig11, look at this site for information on it and how to track it down(usually hardware)
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ nate On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Colin Boyd wrote: colin_ >Hello... colin_ > colin_ >I wrote in the other day detailing the overwhelming amount of erradic colin_ >behaviour my new system (K62-550,128MB,16M Vid) colin_ > colin_ >I have a tyan trinity AGP motherboard. colin_ > colin_ >I've finally got the network card working....and the systems general colin_ >stability seems ok...(admittedly I haven't done much...browsed the web and colin_ >such...) But it still won't let me compile the kernel without crashing. In colin_ >my message the other day I said that everytime I tried it would bomb with a colin_ >signal 6....at a diffrent place each time. Counting the rest of the general colin_ >system instability I decided to follow some advice and run a comprehensive colin_ >memory test....and it passed. colin_ > colin_ >So now I'm wondering if anyone else could share a few ideas as to problems. colin_ >All my peripherals work (which is very few) and there are no IRQ conflicts. colin_ >The memory test (as I said before) passed, and the HD is brand new, fresh colin_ >out of the box. Here's the detailed list of parts...in case anyone can pick colin_ >out a known-to-be-a-bitch part. colin_ > colin_ >Tyan Trinity AGP Motherboard w/ AMD K6-2 550Mz colin_ >Diamond Stealth SG540 16M video. colin_ >128M SDRAM (1 new 64M, and 1 old - both 100mhz - both passed memtest86) colin_ >10GB Maxtor HD colin_ >Kingston EtherX KNE100TX 10/100 colin_ > colin_ >I am running Debian 2.2 - I know it's frozen and not stable, but I couldn't colin_ >make the kernel compile when I installed a fresh slink either...and potato colin_ >is just so much more trick! colin_ > colin_ >And here is what I get when the kernel compile dies. colin_ > colin_ >---begin----- colin_ > colin_ >gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 colin_ >-fomit-f colin_ >rame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 colin_ >-malign-loops colin_ >=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o devinet.o devinet.c colin_ >cpp: output pipe has been closed colin_ >{standard input}: Assembler messages: colin_ >{standard input}:0: Warning: end of file not at end of a line; newline colin_ >inserted colin_ >{standard input}:277: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `xor' colin_ >gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11 colin_ >make[4]: *** [devinet.o] Error 1 colin_ >make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net/ipv4' colin_ >make[3]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 colin_ >make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net/ipv4' colin_ >make[2]: *** [_subdir_ipv4] Error 2 colin_ >make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net' colin_ >make[1]: *** [_dir_net] Error 2 colin_ >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux' colin_ >make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 colin_ >egypt3:/usr/src/linux# colin_ > colin_ >----end------ colin_ > colin_ >Yes...it does look like the assembler loses track of an op code in memory colin_ >and can't find it again....this would lead me to think it was a memory colin_ >problem if memtest86 wasn't so adament that it was OK. colin_ > colin_ >Note that while it died working on compiling ipv4 *this* time....it also colin_ >shows signs of being a memory error by dying at a diffrent point almost colin_ >every time... colin_ > colin_ >So my question is....is there anything that can be wrong...that would appear colin_ >to be a memory error....when there really isn't a memory error? Or basically colin_ >can anyone give me any new thoughts on the issue at all? colin_ > colin_ >Thanks.... colin_ > colin_ >-Colin colin_ > colin_ >________________________________________________________________________ colin_ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com colin_ > colin_ > colin_ >-- colin_ >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null colin_ > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 9:01am up 8 days, 16:57, 1 user, load average: 1.10, 1.05, 1.05