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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was trying to re-emerge some packages.  The ones I was working on
> failed with "internal compiler error: Segmentation fault" or similar
> being the common reason for failing.  I did get gcc to compile and
> install.  But other packages are failing, but some are compiling just
> fine.  

<<<SNIP>>>

> Open to ideas.  I hope I don't have to move back to the old rig while
> sorting this out.  O_O  Oh, I updated my old rig this past weekend.  Not
> a single problem on it.  Everything updated just fine. 
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-) 
>


Here's the update.  Grant and a couple others were right.  So was some
of my search results, which varied widely.  Shortly after my reply to
Grant, I shutdown the new rig.  I set my old rig back up so I can watch
TV.  Then I booted the ever handy Ventoy USB stick and ran the memtest
included with the Gentoo Live image.  Within minutes, rut roh.  :-(  The
middle section of the test screen went red.  It spit out a bunch of "f"
characters.  I took a pic but haven't downloaded it yet but I figure it
has been seen before.  Pic is to get new memory stick.  Figure I need to
prove it is bad.

Anyway, I removed one stick of memory, it still failed.  Then I switched
sticks.  That one passed the test with no errors.  I put the original
stick back in but in another slot.  Within minutes, it failed the same
as before.  So, I put the good stick in and booted into the Gentoo Live
image.  I mounted my OS, chrooted in and did a emerge -ae @system.  The
bad stick is on my desk.  It looks sad.  Like me. 

Once the emerge was done, I booted back into the OS itself.  Everything
seems to be working but I'm back down to 32GBs of memory.  I'm trying to
start a emerge -ae world but got to start a new thread first.  It claims
some weird things that sounds weird but I don't think it is related to
the memory issue. 

I wonder how much fun getting this memory replaced is going to be.  o_O 

Dale

:-)  :-)