fre, 12.11.2004 kl. 17.14 skrev John (J5) Palmieri: > On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 11:07 -0500, Amitabha Roy wrote: > > Hello: > > I have a rather run of the mill Fedora box running FC3 which for some reason > > refuses to compile large projects. For example, lets say I check > > out CVS emacs, run configure and make, it starts the compilation process, > > runs for a while and then either the machine freezes (and I have to > > restart the machine) > > or it just reboots. > > > > The same thing happens when I try to recompile kdemultimedia > > according to the advice in > > http://www.holovaty.com/linux/fedorafaq/kde_mp3.html > > > > I do not know whether this a gcc leak or what it is. > > > > There is no log of what exactly causes this as far as I can see. > > Can someone please suggest ways I can debug this ? > > Or some way to hunt down the culprit ? > > > > Amitabha > > Are you sure it is not a hardware problem? I used to have problems with > my AMD cpu overheating during intensive tasks such as massive compiles. > This would trip the sensors that protect the CPU from melting and either > freeze the OS or reboot the machine. Getting some silver conducting > paste from the local computer shop and resetting my heat sync fixed the > problem. Or it could be a memory failure. I personaly heard it suggested several times that compiling OO is a good test for memory correctness, beckause it does a helluva lot more to the machine and demands quite a lot more than a simple RAM test...
