Doing "make" command makes system freeze

weiss · 09-22-2003, 03:30 AM

Hi!
I was trying to install GIMP from sources the other day but could not get past "make" step. When I did "make" it worked for about 20 mins and then the PC just froze. I am running Mandrake 9.1; 256M DDR; Pentium Celeron 2GHz. I rebooted and tried again - the same thing occured.
Then I tried to "make" wine and it froze again. Sometimes it just freezes or kernel panic occurs.
Any help is much appreciated!

PS: How long should it take to "make" GIMP on a PC like mine ?

Thanks!!!

bulliver · 09-22-2003, 04:47 AM

Your computer freezing is a sign of a serious problem while running Linux. Are you sure it is truly frozen? Have you tried switching to another terminal ie: [ctrl]+[alt]+[F1] to [F6] ?

It may be just one process that is hanging. Does it only hang while compiling software? Are you using the stock Mandrake kernel or a custom one? Crashing Linux using a stock kernel is almost unheardof on a system as fast as yours.

weiss · 09-22-2003, 04:55 AM

No, nothing helps. It becomes frozen completely, sometimes Caps Lock and Scroll Lock are flashing - i guess this is what is called *kernel panic*.
Basically, the only choice is to Reset the PC.

- It only hangs when I try to compile.
- I am using native Mandrake 9.1 kernel w/o any patches or security updates.

Just how long GIMP or wine should compile, do you know?

JZL240I-U · 09-22-2003, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bulliver
... Have you tried switching to another terminal ie: [ctrl]+[alt]+[F1] to [F6] ?

Well, did you try?

weiss · 09-22-2003, 07:26 AM

sorry, yes i did but the keyword would not work at all

JZL240I-U · 09-22-2003, 07:42 AM

??? keyword ???

Which one? What did you type? You realize that you do have to log in (at least under F2-F6)?

weiss · 09-22-2003, 08:09 AM

ahh... it was *keyboard* , not keyword, sorry!!!

the pointer stops, mouse does not work, keyboard either,
i tried [ctrl]+[alt]+[F1] to [F6] , killing X server, etc. but no use

JZL240I-U · 09-22-2003, 08:22 AM

Okay, understood.

Why don't you check the free space of the partition(s) you use for source, object, log and temp files during compilation? Any partition with less than 100 MB or 5% free space left could be dangerous for a big packet like GIMP and here 100 MB is a lower side guess.

weiss · 09-22-2003, 08:57 AM

This thought crossed my mind, but it unlikely that this is the case here since I have 17G for my root partition, and 1G for swap. I don't have any other partitions. I have about 14G of free space on the root partition.

Again, it is not only GIMP. It froze when I tried to *make* wine too. And wine is not that big.

Are there any logs that could give me a hint what is wrong?

JZL240I-U · 09-23-2003, 02:05 AM

I'm out of my depth, here. You will have to wait for an a reader who is experienced with this, I am experimenting still, myself.

Why don't you look for *.log files on your system, sorted by date and time? You know when you tried to compile, so then is where to look ...

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UltimaGuy · 09-23-2003, 05:41 AM

The make hanging is a serious sign of RAM trouble. IMO just download a memory manager or RAM doctor and just check out your RAM.

weiss · 09-24-2003, 08:47 AM

Thanks ALL,
i somehow managed to *make* it, however, it did not install anyways because of various dependences. So, to solve it all I download rpm from Mandrake Cooker and it all worked.

JZL240I-U · 09-24-2003, 08:51 AM

Congratulations. But what did you do exactly to get the make utility up and running??

weiss · 09-24-2003, 09:43 AM

Jees! If I only knew... Maybe my PC had a bad hair day... I did not do anything! I will run *make* again on something when I have time to double check it.

JZL240I-U · 09-24-2003, 09:44 AM

If you ever find out, please post the reason(s) here, we all want to learn ...