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From: ccdanny@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au (Danny Smith, Prentice Centre, The Univ. of Qld.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cc1 dies at random...
Date: 1 Dec 95 13:36:33 AEST
Organization: University Of Queensland
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> On my pentium (120MHz, 32MB, AHA2940, 2GB SCSI) cc1 occasionaly
> dies during long compilations.  It then either dies with a signal
> 11 or 10.  Simply restarting the compilation works, but cc1 will
> usually die in a later run again.  Normally the system is only
> doing the compilation and has around 10MB free.  Anyone any idea
> what's going on.  Thanks in advance,

I had the same problem the other day on a 486-DX4/100.  Turned out to be a
temperature overheat problem.  Open the case and point a large fan at it solved
the issue.  We mostly caught signal 4, but occasionally 10 and 11.

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