Rob Browning <r...@defaultvalue.org> writes: > Happened here too (1:0.3.16-3.1). One machine just lost all of its > records after a power failure. Here's the filesystem info: > > /dev/mapper/vg5a-root on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,barrier=1) > > If this can also happen after a kernel panic, then uptimed's not really > all that useful, unless it's only intended to track how long a machine > stays up between safe, intentional reboots.
In case it helps anyone, it appears that you can just stop uptimed, restore the contents of /var/spool/uptimed/ from a backup and then restart the daemon to restore the old data (if you still have it). -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org