gcc: Signal 7

Can anybody tell me what happened when I was compiling a kernel? I got this gcc: signal 7 error and it stopped. I was doing a make -j. make -j5 seems to work flawlessly. I've also received a gcc signal 5 before, and I don't know what that is, either. Can anybody tell me what these are, or where

K6 "bug"

I have seen a number of posts and questions on the AMD K6 "bug". To correct what I believe are some misconceptions, as well as to inform, I looked for an answer: A quick search on altavista revealed this page: http://www.chorus.com/~poulot/k6bug_tests.html and from my own bookmarks: http://w

VIA Chipsets and Linux

I am considering purchasing a motherboard using one of the VIA chipsets (VP1, VPX, VP2) instead of a TX-based motherboard. Does anybody know of any compatability issues, such as IDE drivers, etc..? I'm considering the Rhino-12+ from Octek (Ocean) or a FIC PA-2007. The Rhino uses the VPX chipset

ppp

It's me again. OK. Now and again, when I try to go online via pon (ppp), the modem hangs up before I'm connected but pppd just sits there and never goes away. Even as root, I'm unable to kill it with any signals, but going to single user mode does it. What is wrong and why can't I kill the proc

I can lock up machine. Why?

Hey. I've been doing lots of programming lately and have noticed (how could I not) that I am reliably able to cause my machine to lockup. I'm running 1.3.1, and have reinstalled from CD twice, once going so far as to wipe the entire boot partition first. This is how I do it: open a document in

Re: X server or window manager dies when changing virtual terminals.

> > I have been having a problem that has now gotten really bad with the > > new Netscape 4.03. When I am using X and change to one of the other > > virtual terminals then come back to X the server shuts down and I end > > up back at the xdm prompt. It is almost guaranteed to happen with