["Wendy A. Verschoor" <wav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This might be due to the way Linux interacts with the particular hardware
> it's running on.  In the past, various people have run into signal 11
> errors when compiling large packages (such as the kernel or libc).  There
> is a FAQ on the subject at http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ .  Wendy, what
> happens when you type 'make' again after the error appears?  Does it
> proceed any further, or does it still die on libpcap.c?

It gets farther, and dies somewhere else.

Eventually it does finish and I am able to get ethereal installed, but I
wish I didn't have to babysit it ... 

Thanks for the URL

wendy