Re: 2.0.30 fatal signal 11

Aaron Ucko (amu@mit.edu)
25 May 1997 17:14:15 -0500


"Curtis' test dude" <dude@oldcolo.com> writes:

> I am using RedHat 4.1 and from a fresh install it doesn't support my
> digiboard via a loadable module.. it also doesn't come with source for the
> kernel...

Yes it does--in the kernel-source package, which isn't installed by default.

> So off I go to ftp.kernel.org and download 2.0.30 source tree, do the
> necessary linking per the README that it comes with. cd to /usr/src/linux
> and do make config, then make dep, ok no problem so far... then when I do
> a make zImage... I get a killed by Fatal Signal 11 and it stops the
> compiling of the kernel. I have gcc Version 2.7.2, which is standard on
> RedHat 4.1, anyone know what FatalSignal 11 is and how I can get around
> it?

This used to be a frequently asked question. See
<URL:http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>.

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