* Timo Jyrinki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-06 14:50]: > I can confirm that 2.6.26 does not have the eSATA hang problem anymore. So > I can attach the external disk closure to either USB or eSATA without > problem attaching/mounting.
Timo, do you think you could report these problems directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > However, I still have the same problem with some of the directories on the > disk, regardless of whether it's attached via USB or eSATA. I tried the > following, all actions done on my laptop and then checked the result when > attaching the disk to the QNAP: > > 1. Tarring a few problematic directories and untarring on ext3-formatted > USB stick, same directory structure > : Does not show the problem on the USB stick. > 2. As above, but untarring on the same disk in different directory > : Does not show the problem > 3. As above, but removing the problematic dirs in place and untarring from > the archive > : The problematic directories stay problematic > 4. Moving a few problematic dirs to another directory > : They start working > 5. Creating a few additional dirs in the original directory, then moving > the moved directories back to the original directory too > : The created dirs work, but the moved-back dirs are again problematic > 6. Sorted by inode ls -i, the problematic dirs are not sequential. > > Ok, so I couldn't figure out anything, but now while I'm writing this I > tried ls -U, ie. unsorted ls, and found out that all the problematic dirs > are in sequential order, with line numbers 60-68. There was actually a > ninth problematic directory, which I moved now away while testing. But now > there are only eight problematic dirs. > > It does not seem to be related to those index numbers though, since I > found other unaccessible subdirectories in other places. Curiously, I > found that I had two subdirectories under different directories which had > the same name "näytettävät" ("to be shown"), and both of them were > unaccessible. Both of them were second of two subdirectories (among files) > respectively, when viewing with ls -U. > > Attached is output (cutted in places marked as such) of ls -l and ls -U > in the original problematic directory. > > Can you think of anything that could cause the problem, or any low level > information on those directory entries I could somehow extract? > > As a sidenote, as only stderr messages have correctly formed non-ascii > characters, kernel / something seems to lack some charset support. When > going into directories with eg. cd A[tab], non-ascii characters are > correctly shown. > > -Timo > debian:/# ls -l mnt/CDt/ > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/CMX - Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot: No such file > or directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/à - Metri: No such file or directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Celebrating Wood and Metal: No such file > or directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2): No such file or > directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1): No such file or > directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Vespertine: No such file or directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Röyksopp - The Understanding: No such file or > directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Telegram: No such file or directory > ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Jóga: No such file or directory > total 568 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 5 2006 AFX - Hangable Auto Bulb > ---cut--- > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 1 2005 Bj??rk - Army of Me remixes and > covers > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Bj??rk Gu??mundsd??ttir > d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - Celebrating Wood and Metal > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2006 Bj??rk - Debut Mixes > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 2007 Bj??rk - Drawing Restraint 9 > Soundtrack > d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1) > d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2) > d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - J??ga > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Possibly Maybe (CD 2) > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Post > ---cut--- > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 2006 ??lymyst?? - Atomgrad > d????????? ? ? ? ? ? ?? - Metri > debian:/# ls -U mnt/CDt/ > ---cut--- > Rinneradio - G > CMX - Musiikin yst??v??lliset kasvot > ?? - Metri > Bj??rk - Celebrating Wood and Metal > Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2) > Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1) > Bj??rk - Vespertine > R??yksopp - The Understanding > Bj??rk - Telegram > Bj??rk - J??ga > Cranberries - No Need to Argue > ---cut--- > -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]