[Wlug] Problem w/gcc

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i'll give it a shot, thanks.

-Eric

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From:  Karl Hiramoto <karl at hiramoto.org>
Subj:  Re: [Wlug] Problem w/gcc
Date:  Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:36 am
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To:  Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug at mail.wlug.org>

Eric Martin wrote:
> My laptop has been doing weird stuff lately.  I built it a while ago 
> from Gentoo 2006.0 Stage 3, and every now and again it would turn off 
> while compiling something (usually if I had to upgrade glibc).  I was 
> just trying to update mythtv and it crashed so I decided to level it 
> and start from scratch.  I installed Gentoo 2006.1 Stage 3 and it's 
> doing the same thing.  I went down to Stage 2 and I'm still having a 
> problem.  I've done memtest in the past with clean results, but I'm 
> stuck because I don't know what the error is.  While building a few 
> minutes ago I forgot to turn on swap space and it ran out of memory 
> before crashing (turning off).
>
> Is there anything I can do aside from piping the output to a file to 
> capture what the problem might be (tried it, not much help)?  Has 
> anybody had similar problems with gcc / glibc?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Eric

My laptop will turn it self off if the temperature gets above 70C.   
Most laptops have some kind of temperature shut off function..  I would 
monitor your temperature with lmsensors, or mbmon (acpi temp zone).

For me to control my Gentoo laptop temperature while compiling big 
packages, I have to have cpu frequency scaling running.  If i run my 
2.8ghz P4 laptop at 50% speed 1.4Ghz  I don't have any temperature 
problems. I usually use the "powersave" or "ondemand" shedulers.

Also you could try keeping a big enough space blow your laptop for air..

Assuming the temperature is the problem.


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