From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:18:42 -0400 From: Dan Foster To: Tim Wojtulewicz Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Panic while building XFree86 Message-ID: <20000719121842.A17734@frontiernet.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Tim.Wojtulewicz@NAU.EDU on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:07:37AM -0700 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hot Diggety! Tim Wojtulewicz was rumored to have wrote: > > I've been trying to compile XFree86 4.0.1 recently (tried 4 times > already) and my computer keeps throwing kernel panics whenever I do > so. It usually happens after the compile has been going for a while. > I think it has something to do with the fan coming/not coming on, but Sounds exactly like it. Run, don't walk, and fix that :) kernel panics due to compiler failure tend to indicate either a flaky motherboard (found one with substandard traces, VRM, etc) or more commonly, an overheated CPU; fan failure is a real common cause for this. Tends to get exercised with compiling large stuff - kernel, XFree86, mozilla, etc as it heats up and experiences bit flips. (hence, invalid locations, instruction pointer running in wrong places, insta-crash) This isn't a Linux specific problem per se; I've seen it with BSD boxes, too. -Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/