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From: Matan Peled <chaosite@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error compiling 2.6.9
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 14:47:14
Message-Id: 41B5C25A.1050303@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Error compiling 2.6.9 by Bastian Balthazar Bux
1 Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote:
2
3 > v.demartino2@××××××××.it wrote:
4 >
5 >> Issuing a "make" command to build a 2.6.9 (-r9) kernel I got the
6 >> following
7 >> error:
8 >> ...............................
9 >> AS arch/i386/lib/getuser.o
10 >> CC arch/i386/lib/memcpy.o
11 >> CC arch/i386/lib/strstr.o
12 >> CC arch/i386/lib/usercopy.o
13 >> AR arch/i386/lib/lib.a
14 >> GEN .version
15 >> CHK include/linux/compile.h
16 >> UPD include/linux/compile.h
17 >> CC init/version.o
18 >> LD init/built-in.o
19 >> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
20 >> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 139
21 >>
22 >> What does it mean? What shall I do to fix it?
23 >>
24 >> Ciao
25 >> Vittorio
26 >>
27 >>
28 >> --
29 >> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
30 >>
31 >>
32 >>
33 >>
34 > quoting http://www.unixguide.net/linux/faq/09.06.shtml
35 >
36 >
37 > Make Says, "Error 139."
38 >
39 > Your compiler (GCC) dumped core. You probably have a corrupted, buggy,
40 > or old version of GCC--get the latest release or EGCS. Alternatively,
41 > you may be running out of swap space. Refer to: ("The Machine Runs
42 > Very Slowly with GCC / X / ...")
43 >
44 > If this doesn't fix the problem, you are probably having problems with
45 > memory or disk corruption. Check that the clock rate, wait states, and
46 > refresh timing for your SIMMS and cache are correct (hardware manuals
47 > are sometimes wrong, too). If so, you may have some marginal SIMMS, or
48 > a faulty motherboard or hard disk or controller.
49 >
50 > Linux is a very good memory tester--much better than MS-DOS based
51 > memory test programs.
52 >
53 > Reportedly, some clone x87 math coprocessors can cause problems. Try
54 > compiling a kernel with math emulation ("How To Upgrade/Recompile a
55 > Kernel.") no387 kernel command line flag on the LILO prompt to force
56 > the kernel to use math emulation, or it may be able to work and still
57 > use the '387, with the math emulation compiled in but mainly unused.
58 >
59 > More information about this problem is available on the Web at
60 > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/.
61 >
62 > --
63 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
64 >
65 >
66 Basically, make sure you have swap space ($cat /proc/swaps), make sure
67 your memory is good (run memtest86+ for a while), stop whatever
68 overclocking you may be doing, etc.

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