Re: utils version and convert crash

[Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@gmail.com>]

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On 2015-12-01 15:12, Gareth Pye wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
>> So if you're running into the same problem gentoo's live-git build did,
>> it's likely because you're building the devel branch cloned from
>> kernel.org, which is no longer updated.
>
>
> Woah, kernel.org is making a log that looks like it's up to date but
> isn't that's awkward :(
>
> Building now from the github you mentioned.
>
> Also running a scrub, but I'm starting to suspect something else is
> responsible. It ran fine overnight but crashed in less than a minute
> after I logged back in on ssh this morning . . .
>
Hmm, the fact that it's intermittent is the most concerning part IMHO. 
It means it's a lot harder to track down.  If your hard drives aren't 
any noisier than normal (most traditional hard disks get noticeably 
noisier when they're failing), then I'd suggest running something like 
memtest86+ for at least a full cycle with default options to verify if 
your RAM is working correctly.  Usually, when I see intermittent crashes 
like this it's either a race condition in software somewhere, or bad 
RAM, and it's a lot easier to test for bad RAM than it is to test for 
race conditions.


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