Considering your problems, it could be several things. I would first
check memory, either with an intensive hardware program like
Troubleshooter, or even swap RAM out (it's so cheap now anyway <g>). Are
your CPU, power supply, and case fans operating correctly? I've seen
things happen strangely with a cpu fan that would even turn, but not fast
enough to keep the heat from the CPU away. I usually operate with the
cover off of my workstation since it's full of cards, and i do not have a
case fan installed. :)
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Drew Sawyer wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 03:40:25 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Drew Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Weird stuff that I simply can't explain...
>
> Hi everyone. I think I'm in over my head whith this stuff and was
> wondering if anyone could help me out.
>
> I'm using an NEC pentuim 166 box; Even when it's just running Win95, it
> gives you that 'dubious hardware' feeling, kind of a gut instinct, ya
> know? Well I put RedHat 5.1 on it so I could do some real work, and it
> behaves, well, just plain silly. Let me itemise my probs.
>
> 1. The problems I do get come and go, seemingly at random, when I
> reinstall the system.
>
> 2. On some reinstalls, emacs-x11 segfaults (11) immediately upon
> execution, on the terminal or X. On some installs, emacs-nox is fine; on
> others, it segfaults after a little typing. On one install, it would only
> die when I typed the second '<' of the c++ output operator in a little
> program I was testing it with.
>
> 3. I've yet to be able to compile a kernel completely. On one install it
> will always die at the same place; If I reinstall the system, it will die
> consistently at a different place. Sometimes the 'make menuinstall' code
> will fail to compile. The problems are consistent in a given install;
> reinstall, and they are consistent in different way. I read the sig11 FAQ
> and tried the memory refresh w/dd, but it came up negative; it still
> stoped in the same place.
>
> 4. During the actual install process, sometimes important packages will
> give script errors (bash, dev, stuff like that); I start over and it's
> smooth as silk - no script errors.
>
> 5. On most installs, X works but 'netscape' gives me a 'bus error'
> response in the xterm, and 'netscape-communicator' does nothing but put
> the load meter over the top. On some, no problems. On some, I get the
> licence agrement and 2 empty windows that usually ask permission to write
> new directories and stuff, then it just sits there.
>
> 6. sendmail has worked on only one install. If I try 'sendmail root <
> mailtest' it segfaults.
>
> There's other stuff, but these are the most obvious to me. Am I nuts? Is
> there such a thing as a randomly consistent hardware problem? It's a RH5.1
> stock install w/everything selected. The hardware is all stright-forward
> stuff, IDE drive w/2 partitions, ATAPI CD, ATI Mach64 on the MB, just
> plain jane stuff. If this stuff sounds like it could happen in the same
> reality that most of us live in, please reply; anything short of wild
> speculation is welcome, since I've already tried that.
>
> Thanks,
> --Drew
>
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