one thing which struck me and I might be totally wrong but could this be
a power supply / earthing problem ? ae you using a cvt/ups and have you
checked the grounding ?
Cheerio
Robin
sreangsu acharyya wrote:
>
> I really cant think what to make of this except one reason. Sig 11 is
> cause if some data is corrupted while retrieving from memory. So if the
> data happens to be a pointer, it will now point to some other location
> which might vioate its valid "segment".
> Flaky hardware sometimes leads to incorrect retreival. Thus the only
> explanation i can think of rests on "sometimes". A system might work fine
> for hours till such an error.
> Such errors are also caused by esoteric things like cosmic radiation
> etc,but iguess thats ruled out.
> Just to rule out defect in your hard disk, can you run it by disabling
> swapping.
> All the best shridhar...for you know i am in the same boat as well.
> sreangsu
>
> > I compiled the kernel at vendors place. It compiled OK. I brought whole setup
> > home. Same CPU, Same mobo, same memory and even same set of cables. When I say
> > same, it's same piece, not of same make and model.
> >
> > Now I tried to compile kernel at home. I again received Sig11.
> >
> > I turned off HDD DMA. That made make zImage to live a bit longer. But it did not
> > help to complete it. I even pulled of CDROM/floppy drive to reproduce settings
> > at vendors place. But no help.
> >
> > Now I will try to fiddle with BIOS settings...
>
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