On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 07:14:36PM -0700, Alexander Carver wrote: > >>The error isn't always the same file on two consecutive tries but they do > >>seem to repeat themselves (in other words, init_sysent.c has shown up as > >>an error more than once but not consecutively, same for pf.c) > > > >Intermittent and inconsistent signal 11's from the compiler: that's > >classically the sign of bad memory in the box. Try removing or > >replacing the memory. > > > > Ok, I've gone through multiple iterations of memory sticks of various > sizes and even swapped motherboards but I still get signal 11's. Is > there a low memory flag I can set that will prevent make from using all > available RAM? This signal 11 issue doesn't crop up immediately, it > takes quite some time before it finally shows up.
Did you also try changing the power supply? Even if spurious segmentation faults are *often* caused by bad memory, bad mainboards, overheated cpus etc., they *may* also be caused by a bad power supply. Ciao, Kili