Segfault Suggestions?

[Peter King]

Hardware problem identified (I think). It was the memory after all.

The computer had 64+32+32 RAM; swapping around the 32MB sticks didn't
help, but when I removed them and left in only the 64MB stick the
computer refused to boot (crc error). Ahah, I thought, and pulled that
stick, replacing it with 32+32. Ran like a charm, no segfaults. To make
sure I ran mprime's torture test twice: once for three hours, then again
overnight (about nine hours). No problems anywhere.

Now it's an old computer, and it might have multiple problems -- but for
the time being, it looks like it was indeed the memory. I'm puzzled why
it would fail (after LILO's BIOS check) with a crc warning when by
itself but pass in combination with the rest of the RAM. Any ideas?

Thanks for all the help!

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