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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Illegal instruction" error
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 23:02 on Monday 11 October 2010, Mark Kne=
cht
> did opine thusly:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> > Uh-oh.
>> >
>> > genlop started failing today with the mysterious error "Illegal
>> > instruction", and it's consistent - every time. That's all the message=
,
>> > nothing else:
>> >
>> > $ genlop -t portage
>> > Illegal instruction
>> >
>> > Now emerge dbus-glib fails similarly:
>> >
>> > /bin/sh: line 21: =C2=A01084 Illegal instruction =C2=A0 =C2=A0 /usr/bi=
n/gtkdoc-rebase --
>> > relative --dest-dir=3D/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.88/image/
>> > --html- dir=3D${installdir}
>> >
>> >
>> > I don't really know where to start looking.....
>> > I just know Google is going to give me millions of useless hits with t=
hat
>> > search, but I'll hope over to b.g.o. meanwhile and poke around unless
>> > someone else has a better idea.
>>
>> Alan,
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Consider (if possible - is this a desktop or some in servic=
e
>> server?) powering down your machine, reseating your memory DIMMs,
>> powering back up and if possible running memtest86 (assuming it's an
>> x86 machine) and then seeing if the error goes away.
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0I've run into this a couple of times when memory problems h=
ave appeared.
>
>
> Yes, that was it - memtest failed almost immediately. It's my notebook, w=
ith
> 2 x 2G memory banks - either one in either position works fine. With both=
,
> memtest fails and always at the same place - step 48 of whatever.
>
> So I guess it's the motherboard and I'll be calling Dell Support in the
> morning. Am I glad the company insists we buy 3 year next-day on-site
> corporate support for all hardware right now? You betcha!
>
Not glad for the problem but glad I could help.
Best wishes getting it fixed fast and back on your lap.
Cheers,
Mark