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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internal compiler error when compiling Chromium-62.0.3202.75
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:50:09
Message-Id: 1565313.q2Y8OW5NWs@eve
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internal compiler error when compiling Chromium-62.0.3202.75 by Mick
1 On Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:34:16 PM CET Mick wrote:
2 > On Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:22:29 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote:
3 > > On Thursday, November 9, 2017 6:14:26 PM CET Grant Edwards wrote:
4 > > > On 2017-11-09, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > > > > Apologies in advance for the long post, but has anyone else come
6 > > > > across
7 > > > > this?
8 > > > >
9 > > > > gen/storage/public/interfaces/blobs.mojom-shared-internal.h:539:5:
10 > > > > internal
11 > > > > compiler error: Segmentation fault
12 > > > >
13 > > > > }
14 > > > > ^
15 > > > >
16 > > > > Please submit a full bug report,
17 > > > > with preprocessed source if appropriate.
18 > > > > See <https://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions.
19 > > >
20 > > > Does it always fault in exactly the same spot?
21 > > >
22 > > > If not...
23 > > >
24 > > > When I've run into "random" gcc segfaults when compiling very large
25 > > > programs, it's always been a hardware problem. Every time except one,
26 > > > it was failing RAM.
27 > > >
28 > > > I'd run memtest86 overnight.
29 > >
30 > > Also check it is not overheating.
31 > > The one time I had random gcc segfaults was when I accidentally forgot
32 > > decent airflow for the CPU about 20+ years ago.
33 > >
34 > > --
35 > > Joost
36 >
37 > Thanks Joost, it seems like random fault. I hope it is not faulty RAM -
38 > after 4 years of no evident problems. Anyway, I rebooted and the second
39 > time the compile completed without error. :-/
40 >
41 > This PC has a Zalman CPU cooler, the heat sink of which I flattened out to
42 > make sure it makes good contact with the CPU surface. It will not show
43 > above 45-46.5°C even when running cpuburn on all cores.
44
45 Mine couldn't get rid of the hot air at all...
46 The SCSI-controller was in the bottom PCI-slot.
47 The flat-ribbon cable was going nicely straight up
48 The CPU was between the cable and the front of the case... Nowhere for hot air
49 to go (unless you count a little gap)
50
51 That was solved by drilling vent-holes in the case-cover. (Case was basically
52 cast-iron...)
53
54 --
55 Joost