Re: 5.2 Freezes On Compile with Make & GCC

[Alan Mead <adm ipat com>]

At 01:22 AM 4/21/99 -0700, you wrote:

>middle of the actual compile, then abruptly freezes the machine.  Nothing
>will get it out of the freeze.  From there, I have to reboot the system and
>then try again.  Eventually, the compile goes through succesfully, and the
>program works well.

Could be a lot of things but I had a similar problem which was related to
my CPU (which was a replacement "turbo" unit).  I also got advice at the
time that bad memory could lead to this symptom.  You would diagnose these
sorts of things by swapping out parts.  For the CPU itself, I would see if
there are any AMD-specific tweaks/patches.  Maybe someone will follow this
up with information or else you could search the archives on
http://www.redhat.com or http://www.dejanews.com.

If you recompiled the same source, say, ten times, does it happen each time
or once or often?  Does it happen if you do a cold boot after the chips are
cool or only after running for a while?
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