After upgrading from RH 4.2 to RH 5.1 (I actually wiped everything and reinstalled), my computer has been giving me seg faults on many different apps, including: gcc (compiling normal programs) gcc (random deaths while compiling kernels) emacs fvwm2 make I know that this usually indicates hardware errors (I have read the SIG 11 web page), but I know I had never experienced the problems with RH 4.2. Now, here is the really strange thing: yesterday, I updated all the RPMs on the errata dated after June 10, except for the new XFree86 packages. After I updated everything, I tried doing kernel compiles again. I have been able to compile the kernel 40+ times without an error (before, I couldn't do it more than 3 times without an error). I also haven't experienced any other apps crashing since then. It may be just a coincidence, but it seems unlikely because I had been experiencing problems every day after upgrading to RH 5.1, and I haven't had any problems for two days since the updates. On the other hand, it seems strange because none of the updates actually affect the programs that are crashing. Maybe someone can shed some light on this matter? Howard -- Howard Cheng e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alberta [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSc Computing Science URL : http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~hcheng/ A thing is obvious mathematically after you see it. - R.D. Carmichael -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
