Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:22:45 -0700, Rob wrote: > > > >>I'm kind of lost, since the segmentation viololation is quirky, showing >>up at different steps in the rescue process. I also during using the >>i683 stage 3 tarball, ,that I ended up missing many import files, like >>emerge, etc. I am kind of lost, because I haven't discerned a pattern >>to the appearance of the fault. >> >> > >Unpredictable segfaults are likely to be faulty hardware. Run something >like memtest86 to test your memory. Check your CPU fan and heatsink >aren't filled with crud and try another PSU. These are the three most >likely culprits. > >
And of course, over-clocking (including trying to force memory timings) is a frequent source of problems like this as well. Just some more things to check I guess... -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list
