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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!lgc.com!lgc.com!danson From: danson@lgc.com (Doug Anson) Subject: Re: HELP! GCC CHOKING ON COMPILES! Message-ID: <1992Nov4.150035.17513@lgc.com> Sender: usenet@lgc.com Nntp-Posting-Host: voodoo.lgc.com Organization: LandMark Graphics Corporation LGC References: <1992Nov4.043335.18409@news.ysu.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 15:00:35 GMT Lines: 53 In article <1992Nov4.043335.18409@news.ysu.edu>, ae007@yfn.ysu.edu (Daniel Newcombe) writes: |> |> I was trying to compile the DKB Ray Tracing program that I |> got from wuarchive.wustl.edu /graphics/graphics/ray/dbktrace. |> I copied the unix.mak and unix.conf to Makefile and config.h |> and typed make. Much to my surprise, I didn't get errors |> saying that all the C stuff was incompatiable. Instead I |> went to watch Star Trek and came back an hour later...and it |> was still trying to compile. It had only done 4 files!!! |> I wanted to see how long it had been running so I suspened |> the job and typed ps. The system stopped. I had this problem |> earlier with another program I was compiling. Has anyone |> else had problems like this. It really sucks that I can't |> develop anything new on the system :( |> -Dan |> -- |> -Dan Newcombe |> Internet Address: STDN@VM.MARIST.EDU |> Youngstown Freenet: ae007@yfn.ysu.edu |> GOAL: To put the world on 3.5" diskettes... :) I've noticed the same thing.. I found this glitch when trying to compile the kernel... After some time, it seems that the machine just slows to a halt (or becomes *VERRRRRRYY SLOOOOOOW*). I simply killed the build and restarted it -- everything picked up and ran as expected. I only have the "standard" install of 386BSD (i.e. no custom disklabels...) It is my feeling that this problem occurs when most of the swap is used up -- I noticed that make(1) was about 1.7Mb when the system slowed. The system never crashed, it just was unusable Now, I have a question -- using 386BSD on a 386/20 with 5Mg RAM + 5Mb swap do I have 10Mb of VM or 5mb of VM(sizeof(swap_space))? Has anyone had difficulty booting a Compaq Deskpro 386/20 with custom partitions? The whole reason I used the standard install was due to the fact that my custom install (20Mb swap - cylinder aligned) as given by an early FAQ produced a system that hung and would never finish booting (it would boot up to the point when the Fixit kernel would normally change the root device). The standard install procedure worked without a hitch... Doug -- ------------------------------------------- Doug Anson Internet: danson@lgc.com Phone: 713.560.1274 FAX: 713.560.1277 SNAIL: Landmark Graphics Corporation LGC 15150 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77079 -------------------------------------------