Error when i compiling the xfree

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

In your first post, you mention the errors aren't exactly the same. Can you post a new error message.... maybe having 2 to compare will turn something up.
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Jammen · Guest

Well, the error not only appears on xfree.... if I put emerge -u system, the error also appears in glibc: Segmention fault, *** [math/subdir_lib] Error 2, *** [All] Error 2, etc..

This type of error.

I'm deseperate, I really need help

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Jammen · Guest

I reinstall the system 10 times and appears the same error!!!
I'm furious!!!

klieber · Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:38 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure exactly what your problem is, but here's a few things you can try:

Change your optimization settings from -O3 down to -O2.
completely remove all XFree86 files in /usr/portage/distfiles/, /tmp/portage and /var/tmp/portage/ and then emerge fresh from there.
use ebuild to step through the compilation process. This won't solve your problem, but it may produce some more valuable debugging information which can be appended to your bug report. man ebuild for more information about the necessary steps, but it's basically a series of steps using ebuild -- clean, fetch, unpack, compile, install, qmerge. (clean isn't strictly necessary)

If you do step 3, make sure you do step 2 as well before starting on 3. It's always best to have a clean slate before starting.

hth.

--kurt
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Jammen · Guest

I've done the steps and appears the same error!

klieber · Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 11:53 am Post subject:

Jammen · Guest

No, when it's compiling suddenly aborted for the error...

Jammen · Guest

Help!

Jammen · Guest

The problem is solved! It was the RAM, a cheap and bad RAM.

Thank you for all!!!!

:wink:

jamesb · n00b Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 8 Location: Cambridge, UK

I had the exact same error, but for me it was down to having "-j 4" in MAKE_OPTS.

James

mikulus · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 77

I was having the same problem as you. I could compile anything except really big stuff like xfree. In addition to your error I was getting "unable to handle kernel NULL pointer" error. A search on the Google revealed a possible memory problem. What I did is this: