--- Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:09:54AM -0700, nitin > panjwani wrote: > > How can I check the compiler proble. Will the > > installing new gcc from gnu.org solve the problem. > > Chances are good you couldn't compile it. :) > > > I think this nay be reason ..my current > installation > > shows my machine as i586.. but I know it is K6-2. > > Yeah, I suggest trying to get i386 or i486 versions > of _everything_ > installed on your system in place of the i586 My machine is curently running gcc-2.95.4 from debian, I tried to cmpile 2.95.3, official kernel, but I got signal 11. So what does it indicate. This website says http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ , that some of K6-2 450's have problem. But I don't think that should be as I have been working with this machine fom along time and never faced any problem with processor. > versions of software. > > Check the packages you've installed from your > distribution. And go run > memtest86. :) I run mtest86, but it did bot generate any error, so probably my memory is fine. Yeah it was showing Level2 cache unknown, I think that shouldn't be problem ??please advice . > > > For memory I have never faced problem with any > other > > program.. yeah mu x systems get killed couple of > times > > and my linux works very slow. > > This is highly unusual. X shouldn't die. (It does, > from time to time, of > course, but mine has been running for 140 days at > this point, so it is > possible for X to be stable. :) > What will be the right steps, if I compile the kernel on other machine(PII, grub, RH7.2) with my patch, and move it to this machine(K6-2,Lilo, Debian-woodie with 2.4.18). > -- > "A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a > bomb." > -- US Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/