[ale] compiling kernel - disappearing segfaults

[John Wells]

Jeff,

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, I've used
memtest86 before and it didn't detect some errors that
were causing segfaults during a RedHat install.  I
replaced the module and everything worked fine....

John

--- Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at attbi.com> wrote:
> John -
> 
> Check Google for "memtest86".
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> John Wells wrote:
> 
> >Sheesh...more ram problems.
> >
> >I have not found a utility that will accurately
> >identify RAM probs.  I use crucial tech. ram
> >exclusively and have found them great in the past. 
> >They'll take it back if I identify the RAM as a
> >problem, but it's a week to two week turnaround and
> I
> >don't want to do without the machine if possible. 
> Are
> >there any end-all be-all utilities out there that
> will
> >identify bad RAM once and for all?
> >
> >Thanks for the help!
> >
> >John
> >
> >--- Joseph A Knapka <jknapka at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >>John Wells wrote:
> >>
> >>>While compiling 2.4.9, I would get an occasional
> >>>segfault.  However, rerunning make would cause
> the
> >>>segfault to disappear and the compile would
> >>>
> >>continue.
> >>
> >>>What's going on here?
> >>>
> >>Could easily be bad RAM. When the compiler starts
> >>hitting
> >>a damaged page hard, you get a segfault;
> restarting
> >>the build pretty much ensures that the bad page
> >>won't be used the same way for a while, so the
> >>build gets a little further along each time you
> >>run make.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>-- Joe
> >>"I should like to close this book by sticking out
> >>any part of my neck
> >> which is not yet exposed, and making a few
> >>predictions about how the
> >> problem of quantum gravity will in the end be
> >>solved."
> >> --- Physicist Lee Smolin, "Three Roads to Quantum
> >>Gravity"
> >>
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