There's something in the kernel 2.0 readme about this problem. It is related to hardware problems. For me, it turned out to be a problem with the external cache in my motherboard.
Al Youngwerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- > From: John Maheu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: HELP: Fatal Signal 11 > Date: Wednesday, April 23, 1997 1:09 PM > > Hi all: I'm fairly new to linux. Lately I've been getting a lot of fatal > signal 11's. > > It seems to occur when my system has been up for a few days under light > load or up a day under a heavier load, running some job in the background > for about 24 hours. Then I get, compiling using g77 (I had been running > memtest in the background for about 18 hours): > > gcc: Internal compiler error: program f771 got fatal signal 11 > I also get this with fort77. (I know the fortran code is OK.) Trying this > several > more times usually results in a complete lock-up and a nasty reboot. > > Some of the error messages I've gotten trying to compile code are > 1 general protection: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<0012398b>] > EFLAGS: 00010213 > eax:64746769 ebx:0180cb28 ecx:0180cb28 edx:73006569 > esi:00000004 edi:00657c00 ebp:000ec5fa esp:01ff9b54 > ds:0018 es:0018 fs:002b gs:002b ss:0018 > process f771(pid:31229, process nr, 21 ,stackpage=01ff9000) ???? > 2. hdb2: bad access: block=925712, count=1283457032... more of the same > 3. Fatal Signal 11,7 > > I've tried memtest and memtest-86, no errors found. > If I reboot I can use g77 as much as I want with no errors, but after > several days I begin to see Fatal Signal 11 or if I have a cpu intensive > job in the backgound for about 24 hours lots of trouble. > Below is my system and some stuff from /proc > > ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated. > Is this a memory leak? > How do I isolate the hardware thats causing the problem? > Thanks > John > > Specs: > Pentium 100, 40 MB RAM, cache 256 > L2 cache SRAM type async > Award Modular BIOS v4.50PG > Intel 82430IB ver2.0-S > kernel 2.0.27, gcc 2.7.2.1 debian 1.2 > > cat pci cpuinfo stat meminfo interrupts > /out > > PCI devices found: > Bus 0, device 18, function 0: > VGA compatible controller: Trident TG 9440 (rev 227). > Medium devsel. IRQ 12. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0200000. > Bus 0, device 7, function 1: > IDE interface: Intel 82371 Triton PIIX (rev 2). > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32. > I/O at 0x3000. > Bus 0, device 7, function 0: > ISA bridge: Intel 82371 Triton PIIX (rev 2). > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. > Bus 0, device 0, function 0: > Host bridge: Intel 82437 (rev 1). > Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32. > processor : 0 > cpu : 586 > model : Pentium 75+ > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > stepping : 5 > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid : yes > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 > bogomips : 39.73 > cpu 347 0 490 35299 > disk 1 1247 0 0 > disk_rio 1 1006 0 0 > disk_wio 0 241 0 0 > disk_rblk 2 2018 0 0 > disk_wblk 0 482 0 0 > page 3138 306 > swap 1 0 > intr 43585 36136 483 0 0 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6898 0 > ctxt 3282 > btime 861816450 > processes 211 > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 40194048 5890048 34304000 4530176 593920 2908160 > Swap: 50540544 0 50540544 > MemTotal: 39252 kB > MemFree: 33500 kB > MemShared: 4424 kB > Buffers: 580 kB > Cached: 2840 kB > SwapTotal: 49356 kB > SwapFree: 49356 kB > 0: 36137 timer > 1: 483 keyboard > 2: 0 cascade > 4: 65 + serial > 5: 2 sound blaster > 13: 1 math error > 14: 6898 + ide0 > 15: 0 + ide1 > > **************************************************************************** * > John Maheu > Queen's University > Dept. of Economics > Kingston ON > Canada > K7L 3N6 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > **************************************************************************** ** > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
