Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:04:18 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 485 ************************************************** Sunday 26 December 2004 Number 485 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU : lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca 2 Re: Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU : Dave Yeo" 3 Re: Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU : lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca 4 Re: POVRAY : nps at zeta.org.au **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:03:35 -0500 From: lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca Subject: Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU Does anyone out there running programs using fork() have an AMD K6-2 CPU. I have a case with a SIGILL (illegal instruction) happening with postgreSQL when it forks. The initdb works (which calls the database engine in standalone mode) but using postmaster (which uses fork() ) fails with a SIGILL Lorne -- ----------------------------------------------------------- lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca ----------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:18:30 -0800 From: "Dave Yeo" Subject: Re: Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:03:35 -0500, lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca wrote: >Does anyone out there running programs using fork() have >an AMD K6-2 CPU. I have a case with a SIGILL (illegal instruction) >happening with postgreSQL when it forks. > >The initdb works (which calls the database engine in standalone mode) but >using postmaster (which uses fork() ) fails with a SIGILL I have a K2 (300 Mhz) and have had problems with fork() failing on imake.exe (SIGILL). I just changed it to spawn. Unluckily I don't really have the bandwidth right now to DL postgreSQL to test it but if you could come up with a test case I could try it. Dave **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:39:01 -0500 From: lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca Subject: Re: Fork and AMD K6-2 CPU Hi In <20041226071856.22DD5BAA35 at generation.lgisp.net>, on 12/25/04 at 11:18 PM, "Dave Yeo" said: >On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:03:35 -0500, lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca wrote: >>Does anyone out there running programs using fork() have >>an AMD K6-2 CPU. I have a case with a SIGILL (illegal instruction) >>happening with postgreSQL when it forks. >> >>The initdb works (which calls the database engine in standalone mode) but >>using postmaster (which uses fork() ) fails with a SIGILL >I have a K2 (300 Mhz) and have had problems with fork() failing on >imake.exe (SIGILL). I just changed it to spawn. Unluckily I don't really >have the bandwidth right now to DL postgreSQL to test it but if you could >come up with a test case I could try it. Dave OK, I'll make up a quick testcase. Knut thinks it could be the fxsave instruction and recommends that the program be run under a debugger to see if that is the problem instruction. I won't have it ready for a while... I have to go to sleep now (almost 2 AM) Lorne -- ----------------------------------------------------------- lsunley at mb.sympatico.ca ----------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:28:06 +1100 (EST) From: nps at zeta.org.au Subject: Re: POVRAY Quoting John Poltorak : > Has anyone tried building a recent version of POVRAY on OS/2? I had a go at it probably six months or a year ago but I don't remember the version number. As best I can remember, getting it to compile wasn't very difficult but it crashed when I tried to run it and I never got around to finding out what was wrong. Nick S.