It sounds like your memory may be going bad. Just because win95 works doesn't meen
that the memory is perfectly fine. If you have multiple simms of the same size you
might
want to try different combinations, or ask a friend to borrow two simms and try those.
doug
>> Earlier I wrote:
>> ... I've installed RedHat 5.1 this evening and startx ends with an
>> error message...
>>
>> Responses included - 1) dont have enough memory. (I'm running 48MB)
>> 2) have bad memory. (I guess it's ok,
>> Win95 works)
>> 3) No swap space activated. (I think
>> it's active [free.out...])
>> total used free shared buffers
>> cached
>> Mem: 30844 7992 22852 7144 580
>> 4372
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 3040 27804
>> Swap: 49356 0 49356
>>
>> I run a K6/2 and I found this re: Signal 11 and the K6 at:
>> http://www.multimania.com/poulot/k6bug.html
>> "... The AMD-K6 processor has a bug that prevents reliable operation
>> when more than 32 MB of RAM is used. ..."
>> So I pulled SIMMs and brought the system down to 32MB, booted up, ran
>> startx and got the same errno 111 - Signal 11 error message.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Jon Dowd - Ashland, Oregon - USA
