Bug 38667

Summary:	emege -k genkernel crashes (liveCD)
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Nenad Cuturic <nesko>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Nenad Cuturic 2004-01-18 16:41:16 UTC

When I try emerge -k genkernel I get system Out of memory -> killed cc1
This happands on bash.
When I try it second time the emerging freezes while trying to compile bash.
If I try to run f.e. ps/top in other term they become freezed too.
Previous installation crashed on compiling perl (I had to restart the installation) and this time it is bash.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-18 17:00:26 UTC

you should verify that you are using a stage for your arch.
If so, run memtest from the livecd to check for hardware
problems.

Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-26 17:52:03 UTC

looks like a hardware issue, closing