Compiling programs locks up my computer

[emh]

I have a problem that has just started occurring.

 

Whenever I start to compile a program, during the "make" step, my computer completely locks up!

 

I mean, the screen freezes, the mouse doesn't work, and the keyboard doesn't function. The only thing that brings my computer back up is hitting the reset button.

 

I run Mandrake 9.1

 

rpm -qa|grep gcc:

gcc-cpp-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-gnat-3.2.2-3mdk

libgcc1-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-c++-3.2.2-3mdk

 

rpm -qa|grep make

make-3.80-3mdk

makedev-4.0.1-1mdk

automake1.7-1.7.6-1mdk

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Do you see anything in the logs? /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog? Is your CapsLock light blinking when it locks up?

[james]

could it be automake?

the 1.7 is available in cd2 but the one which installed by default was 1.4 .

from my box...

[james@localhost james]$ rpm -qa|grep gcc

gcc-colorgcc-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-c++-3.2.2-3mdk

libgcc1-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-doc-3.2.2-3mdk

gcc-cpp-3.2.2-3mdk

[james@localhost james]$ rpm -qa|grep make

make-3.80-3mdk

makedev-4.0.1-1mdk

automake-1.4-21.p6.mdk

[emh]

I went back to autoconf 1.4 and it was still locking up.

 

There was nothing in var/log/messages or syslog that would help.

 

Also, the caps lock key and keyboard lights were not blinking at all. The computer is just completely unresponsive until I hit reset.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Is it every program you try to run make on? Do the last lines of output have anything in common or is it random? Do you have another computer that you can ssh into the offending box from and see if it is really locking up or just X? Do you see anything in ~/.xsession-errors about it? How about /var/log/XFree86.log.*?

 

Have you tried to do the Alt-SysReq routine mentioned in here? http://213.232.94.69/MDKUsers/docs/admin/a...ov4.html#Freeze

Edited January 1, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire