[olug] wine problem (fwd)

[Eric Johnson]

Hi,

	I remembered a friend had run across this message before and asked
him about it. Here's his response:

-- Eric Johnson
-- eric_j at novia.net


Eric,

	Yes.  The this is the symtom I had.  The stock RedHat 6.2 kernel  that
came on the disk 2.2.14 (sub revision 5 I think??) caused this problem.
  My research at the time made the hardware flaw sound like it is the
more common cause.

	I found VMware was the program that alerted me to the bug.  I believe it
has something to do with when you start to swap a lot.  The bug is in
the kernel.

	The alternative problem which the other reply suggests is described in
more detail here:

http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/

If this is the problem it is a hardware flaw.

The hardware problem could possibly be detected using this:

http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady/memtest86

I have never actually had this find a memory flaw, but then I don't
think I have ever had flawed memory.  It will take a day or two to run
on the full checking mode, but it is the best I have seen.  You can run
it quicker but it is less pedantic in the checking.

		Hope this helps,
				Kirby






Eric Johnson wrote:
> Didn't you have this problem compiling our software? It was a compiler or
> kernel bug, wasn't it?
>
> -- Eric Johnson
> -- eric_j at novia.net
>
> It is not through the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker
> that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interests.
>
> Adam Smith
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 11 Sep 2001 21:56:10 -0500
> From: Phil Brutsche <phil at giedi.obix.com>
> Reply-To: olug at bstc.net
> To: olug <olug at bstc.net>
> Subject: Re: [olug] wine problem
>
> On Tue, 2001-09-11 at 19:41, Adam Lassek wrote:
>
>>perhaps someone here knows how to fix this. When I try to compile Wine I get
>>this error:
>>
>>gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>>
>>any idea what's wrong?
>>
>
> First guess: hardware.  Memory, specifically.
>
> If you can, swap in some memory from another computer and try it again.
>
> If you don't have another computer, replace the memory outright.  A
> 256MB stick is $35.  A 128 MB stick is near $20; 64MB is even cheaper.
>
> They don't make SDRAM smaller than 64MB, unfortunately.
>
> This is all Crucial (aka Micron) and Kingston memory, BTW.  The generic,
> no-name stuff is even cheaper.
>
>



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