From: jefftep@cs.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Grills) Subject: Re: gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11 (AGAIN) Date: 22 Sep 1992 06:23:22 GMT
I had many problems with this myself. I have never seen an explination
I believe to be correct. I can tell you what has helped me -- upgrading
the kernel. In 0.96 and 0.97pl0 I could not compile the kernel, nor
even hello.c on a regular basis. I used Linus' 0.97pl2 kernel, and
it started behaving better. When pl3 came out, I was able to compile
the kernel after trying serveral times. It would compile a bit, die
for signal 11, I'd reboot, compile it more... I took out the touch
command from the Makefile to make it recompile less, and that helped.
When pl4 came out, I could "make clean" and "make" the kernel without
error.
I can only assume that the kernel buffer corruption problems were the
majority of the problem. Why this only happens to some, I cannot answer,
but those are the main fixes I know about in the kernel. Sometimes,
rarely, I still get a signal 11 when compiling, but it is infrequent
enough to not cause much distress. Maybe there is more or two more
small holes to be filled...
Summary: The newer kernels work better for me.
If this in unapplicable to your situation, sorry. It's what helped me
out (and hopefully others, now, too).
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