Re: Kernel Oops (was Re: Lots of scary segfaults)

From: Stephen Patterson (s.patterson_at_freeuk.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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    On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:40:09 +0200, csj wrote:
    > Try compiling the linux kernel X times. In my experience at some
    > point bad memory will cause a kernel compile to fail (of course a
    > bad CPU would casue it to fail much faster, but CPU's are
    > probably the hardiest part of your system)

    That, or install something with apt. This usually barfs when my laptop
    has got into segfaulting mood.

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