"Clyde J. Kell" wrote:
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> >On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 07:20:47PM -0500, Clyde J. Kell wrote:
> >> Help,
> >> Whenever I try to run a particular program I receive an:
> >> Segmentation Fault core dumped
> >
> >What program?
>
> Seti@Home here's the download page:
> http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html
Okay, that might explain some things. The seti@home client can be
pretty processor intensive, and I've seen Windows users use it as a
decent benchmark/burn-in tool when overclocking processors. Their
reasoning is that if it survives seti@home, the machine will be fine for
normal use.
One thing I'm curious about... the memory in the new machine -- is it
from the old machine? Maybe you need to adjust the waitstates in the
BIOS to account for memory that's slower than it expects?
> >
> >> Then when I try to do anything else I receive:
> >> unable to load interpreter
> >> init: Id "3"
> >> respawning too fast disabled for 5 minutes
> >
> >What did you edit in /etc/inittab?
> Nothing!! I did a complete re-installation from a Mandrake 6.0 CD.
> Any ideas on what the inittab should display?
Another question -- does this occur only after you've had the
segmentation fault above?
> >
> >Tough to tell with the limited information you provided. Post more info and
> >we'll probably be able to help.
>
> Steve,
> Since posting my last msg, I've conducted a little experiment. It seems
> like my other applications, the things provided with the CD, and StarOffice,
> and one or two others downloaded appear to work just fine. The machine stayed
> up all night Sunday night, running KDE, and the built in screen saver.
You'll find that the processor stays pretty quiet during these tasks.
I'd expect probably 80% or higher idle. Linux will automatically call
the HLT (is that correct?) instructions when it's idle, allowing the
processor to slow and cool down.
> However SAT night I tried to run the Setiathome client software in background
> mode as normal but from Console mode. The system crashed over night, with
> segmentation faults, and a kernel panic. This machine and Mandrake just
> doesn't seem to like Setiathome.
>
> I find this very bothersome. Because I like to participate in distributed data
> processing projects, and if Mankdrake can't handle Setiathome... Well what
> other applications will it have problems with.
>
> Of course I'm still not ruleing out the possibility of my Motherboard giving
> me problems.
I'd take a hard look at hardware on this one. Either the memory just
isn't fast enough for the new board, or you've got dodgy cooling on the
CPU.
Hope these suggestions help,
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
