<p>Mel try my image of linux on <a href="http://drpcdr.ca">drpcdr.ca</a></p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On 2012-07-25 7:26 AM, "Mel Wilson" <<a href="mailto:mwilson-Ja3L+HSX0kI@public.gmane.org">mwilson-Ja3L+HSX0kI@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>I have a desktop system that can't get through a build of gdb-7.4.1<br>
without locking up the desktop, and, apparently, all other processing.<br>
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System is MSI G41M-P26<br>
memory 3.9 GB, dual-processor Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz<br>
<br>
O/S Ubuntu 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-41-generic-pae, GNOME 2.30.2<br>
<br>
I check that it's running with a system monitor window on top, and<br>
watching the crawl of the CPU usage graph. After the crawl stops, the<br>
system also stops responding to the mouse and keyboard. The last run I<br>
also had an ssh process open from another machine, and it froze at the<br>
same time everything else did. Pinging the dead system claimed that the<br>
destination was unreachable, and that persisted until the hung system<br>
had been rebooted.<br>
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Memory doesn't seem to be a problem, usually only about 10% gets used.<br>
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After the reboot, I can't find anything in syslog or messages that look<br>
like trouble, but I could be failing to recognize something.<br>
<br>
I wonder if it couldn't be an over-temp problem. The build makes heavy<br>
use of both processors, and often (though not always) hangs with both<br>
CPUs pinned at 100%. The retailer says the system is fine, but it<br>
occurs to me that he has very pleasant air conditioning in the shop, and<br>
I have none here at home. Any good packages for monitoring CPU<br>
temperature? Tomorrow I'll be able to say whether doing the build at<br>
night helps (No. Tried again at 5AM. Toronto Island said 19C. Same story.)<br>
ISTR seeing ./configure options somewhere that would limit<br>
the number of simultaneous processes forked by the build, but I don't<br>
see anything like that as an option for this gdb build.<br>
<br>
The system usually seems rock solid doing light work like reading news,<br>
web surfing, or drafting email.<br>
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All hints appreciated.<br>
<br>
Mel.<br>
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