I had this same problem. I got a patched C compiler from sunsite and all worked fine. The problem is the CPU.
On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Mike Brownlow wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 04:14:31 -0500 > From: Mike Brownlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jeremy Tregunna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Kernel compile fails on Cyrix... > Resent-Date: 4 Sep 1998 09:11:15 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Jeremy Tregunna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I just installed hamm on a cyrix 686 system from scratch and > > > I have 2 problems: > > > > > > 1. X11 crashes about once in a hour for no apparent reason. > > > > Cyrix has a big problem, what you could try and do is underclock your CPU > > from say 233 for example, to 200, if you still get this problem, it's > > because Cyrix makes really shitty CPU's and such, and are not really > > reliable. > > Hmm, that's funny. Mine works just fine. And it's reliable. > > > > 2. The kernel compile fails during the make menuconfig or make > > > xconfig. At the first invocation of gcc the compiler dies > > > saying "internal error - cc1 killed by signnal 11". > > > > A sig11 error from gcc usually indicates hardware fault... and since > > cyrix's are crappy machines (in my opinion and known as a fact) this would > > be your problem. I would suggest (if you can) dropping the cyrix and > > picking up a pentium, or a k6. > > Or maybe new ram. > > > > I never installed Debian on a Cyrix, is this a known cyrix problem? > > > If not what can be the cause? > > I've compiled the kernel many times with my 200 and 233. I have not had a > problem with Cyrix yet. But that's not going to stop me from getting an > AMD for some floating point improvements. > > At work I have a pentium 133 machine. It would give me sig 11 all the time > until I tried out some different ram. Works fine now. Hth. > > -- > -- Mike Brownlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://ctelcom.net/mike/ -- > "The Roaring 90's ... have you ever been depressed?" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Wayne Cuddy CRB-WEB (C & H Consulting) http://www.crb-web.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]