[RE: [lug] Locking up during compile]

[Justin]

Chris M <chrism at peakpeak.com> wrote:
> >My experience and from what I've seen on this list indicate some hardware
> >problems.  If the L2 cache disabling doesn't work, start swapping out
> >memory, etc.
> >
> >Chip
> 
> Well, I'd not swap memory just yet.
> 
> First step should be to introduce more wait states to see if memory 
> speed is the issue.  BIOS will allow you to do this usually.
> 
> But on the Cyrix processors, make sure that you have a "friendly" 
> version of gcc.  I've seen versions of gcc that would SEGV or signal 
> 11 incorrectly, but backing up to an earlier rev worked fine. But if 
> it happens on both processors try the wait states.
> 
> On AMD chips it's yet another problem sometimes :)
> 
> Chris
> Peak to Peak Internet
> http://www.peakpeak.com
> 

Yes, someone else suggested going back to an earlier gcc version. Would it be
safe to rpm up say...my gcc from Redhat 5.2 or 6.0 maybe? Hopefully I can test
this stuff tonight when I get home from work. Thanks for help.

             Justin

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