Compiling Kernal 2.4

[joshInAlaska]

I really hope that someone has an answer for me here.

I was somewhere in the compile process of the recently released Linux Kernal 2.4.0. My compilation was then stopped, and I got the following message:

gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
make[3]: ***[tcp_input.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net/ipv4'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net/ipv4'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_ipv4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net'
make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2
[root@Opsmon linux]# {standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:0: Warning: end of file not at end of a line; newline inserted
{standard input}:725: Error: bad register name '%'
cpp: output pipe has been closed


Does anyone knows what has happened? I'm hoping that it was a simple anomally, and that I can retry compiling the source files. Please respond ASAP.

- Josh

 

[MGMorden]

Are you overclocking your processor any? A sig 11 during compile can sometimes indicate an unstable system.

 

[joshInAlaska]

To be honest, I'm not surprised that my system is unstable. It is a Gateway PII 266Mhz, 96MB RAM, 6GB HD, and it has been known to have problems.

Prior to me installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 on it, it was an NT 4.0 workstation. Until I converted it to Linux, it had a history as a trouble-maker. Frequent blue-screen of death. My supervisors and co-workers had done all the trouble-shooting that they know how to do on it, including replacing numerous components. In the end, it has been deduced that it is the mobo that is screwie.

When I took on the challenge of this workstation, I reinstalled NT, and updated the service packs. I downloaded many utilities and used them constantly. However, my frustrations with the unstable sytem led me to install Linux for its stability. It has been great so far, with the occasional crash, or freeze that would lead me to reboot.

I was hoping that upgrading to 2.4 would help stabalize things a bit more, but who knows.

I've read through the readme file, and I'm missing several utilities that's recommended. They are: modutils, e2fsprogs, pcmcia-cs, PPP, isdn4k-utils. I see that there are a few of them that I may not need period, but I'd still like to download and install them anyway.

Knowing my predicament, what do you suggest?

 

[joshInAlaska]

I'm using Mandrake 7.2. My initial kernal was 2.2.17-21mdk

I decided to power down my PC, and try compiling again. The second time I've had success. However, I'm trying to configure the GRUB (which is similar to LILO), and I'm not having any success. I'm a newbie, and I'm having difficulty understanding the following:

timeout 5
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
i18n (hd0,0)/boot/grub/messages
keytable (hd0,0)/boot/us.klt
altconfigfile (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.once
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 failsafe

title floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1


I'm not sure where the mount points are for vmlinuz. I see that in the boot directory, it is linked to vmlinuz-2.4.0. Any ideas?

 

[Shuxclams]

Sounds like a trouble maker. What peices of hardware have you changed out? CPU, RAM etc....







SHUX