Mark Brier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > Hi, > > I am using gcc 3.4.3 / nptl, built using the stage 1 on 3 howto. I have > been doing "emerge -uD --newuse world" most days and masking some > packages (such as Ooo and gcc), and generally updating the rest of the > system. > > Recently, my gentoo install crashes during compiling. I have tried > stripping the system to barebones (stop services / kill x / kill > framebuffer etc), but it happens *every time*. I believe one of the > system packages I've updated is causing a kernel panic. Recently > upgraded packages include automake / gawk / binutils-config / libtool / > ffftw, along with various apps etc. > > I'm at my wits end with this, I don't know where to start. If the system > craps out in console mode, it prints loads of weird stuff out, but I > don't know how to capture this info, "emerge xfce4 > errors.log" doesn't > show it, and neither does /var/log/messages, or any of the other obvious > logs. Does anyone know of any magic file that stores what looks to be a > kernel dump? > > Any help appreciated, I have a working PC, but cannot compile. I am v > tempted to stick the livecd in and downgrade a load of these system > packages, but was hoping someone may have a better way to start, being > that I don't know which package is causing the issue. > > Please request any config files you'd like me to post...
Does it die with the same error in the same place each time? If not, you probably have a hardware problem. Typically, either your CPU is overheating (check the fan) or the memory is bad (run memtest86, replace bad sticks). hth, Cooper. -- [email protected] mailing list
