On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 07:14:36PM -0700, Alexander Carver wrote:
> >>The error isn't always the same file on two consecutive tries but they do
> >>seem to repeat themselves (in other words, init_sysent.c has shown up as
> >>an error more than once but not consecutively, same for pf.c)
> >
> >Intermittent and inconsistent signal 11's from the compiler: that's
> >classically the sign of bad memory in the box. Try removing or
> >replacing the memory.
> >
>
> Ok, I've gone through multiple iterations of memory sticks of various
> sizes and even swapped motherboards but I still get signal 11's. Is
> there a low memory flag I can set that will prevent make from using all
> available RAM? This signal 11 issue doesn't crop up immediately, it
> takes quite some time before it finally shows up.
Did you also try changing the power supply? Even if spurious
segmentation faults are *often* caused by bad memory, bad mainboards,
overheated cpus etc., they *may* also be caused by a bad power
supply.
Ciao,
Kili
