The only thing I would add to this would be that you should probably take a
close look at your BIOS settings. Most motherboards have a way of resetting
their parameters to their (conservative) factory defaults. If your
motherboard is set up to believe that it has 10ns memory when it really has
80ns memory, you might see these kind of problems. Faulty settings related
to CPU caching might also stop you cold.
Reset your BIOS to the default parameters.
>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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