Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Package compile failures with "internal compiler error: Segmentation fault".

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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On Thursday 5 September 2024 01:11:13 BST Dale wrote:

> When I built this rig, I first booted the Gentoo Live boot image and
> just played around a bit.  Mostly to let the CPU grease settle in a
> bit.  Then I ran memtest through a whole test until it said it passed. 
> Only then did I start working on the install.  The rig has ran without
> issue until I noticed gkrellm temps were stuck.  They wasn't updating as
> temps change.  So, I closed gkrellm but then it wouldn't open again. 
> Ran it in a console and saw the error about missing module or
> something.  Then I tried to figure out that problem which lead to seg
> fault errors.  Well, that lead to the thread and the discovery of a bad
> memory stick.  I check gkrellm often so it was most likely less than a
> day.  Could have been only hours.  Knowing I check gkrellm often, it was
> likely only a matter of a couple hours or so.  The only reason it might
> have went longer, the CPU was mostly idle.  I watch more often when the
> CPU is busy, updates etc. 

Ah!  It seems it died while in active service.  :-)

There's no way to protect against this kind of failure in real time, short of 
running a server spec. board with ECC RAM.  An expensive proposition for a 
home PC.

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