Re: [PLUG] Very weird error with make (constant segfaulting)

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 1/3/22 9:11 AM, Lynn Bradshaw via plug wrote:
> So I was about to start compiling some software project and make
> segfaulted. I thought it might have been a fluke, so I tried again,
> same thing, repeatedly. Tried backing out of the shell or tmux
> altogether, restarting the terminal emulator, using bash (normal
> choice is zsh on this one) and ultimately only restarting the entire
> machine fixed it.
>
> I don't think it's dodgy hardware because a) only make has ever done
> this (I think it's the second or third time now) and b) the hardware
> in question is reasonably new and also c) the uptime that of course
> got wiped out was nearly three weeks. The one hardware possibility
> that comes to mind is that it's a Raspberry Pi (four cores, ARMv7
> Processor rev 3 (v7l)) and something just slipped under the radar that
> maybe wouldn't have if it had been an Intel or Intel-like processor.
<snip>

I had a very similar problem on an rPi1 when I was first turning it into an NTPSec server.  One odd aspect to my issue what having to go delete *.pyc files after every attempt.  I think a reboot helped, once each, in that case too.

The *real* problem was the SD Card!  Once I replaced that everything Just Worked.  I can't explain it, and it was a few years ago so the details are hazy, but a new and better SD card fixed it.

Later,
JP
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