On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Shawn Wilson wrote:

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 04:46:48 -0500

For some reason your messages ended up in a differenet mailbox, therefore I saw them only now. Sorry about that.

As was recommended I will replace the harddrive that holds /var.

Nevertheless, respectfully, I will answer your response.

I can't see how a default config would do this, but do you have SELinux or 
AppArmor enabled? What does fstab and mount show?

I didn't enable SElinux or AppArmor.
How do I double-check?

mount output:

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=473761,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts 
(rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=380288k,mode=755)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/4712a4c6-be99-43bf-8628-0edd641d5262 on / type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=2323680k)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
/dev/mapper/vg-cache on /cache type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-home on /home type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-opt on /opt type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp on /tmp type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-usr on /usr type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-usrlocal on /usr/local type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg-var on /var type ext3 
(rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb8 on /legacy type ext3 
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)

And /etc/fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

# !! Note !!
# UUID is a property of the residing file system -- not of the device.
# Any file system reformatting will result in change to UUID.

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

#######################  Static Devices  #######################

proc                            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

# Master Hard Drive Partitions

#  1: boot (purposefully an ext2 partition)
UUID=81d775af-9f80-4081-be71-c8d379c05944    /boot      ext2    defaults        
0       2
#  2: root file system
UUID=4712a4c6-be99-43bf-8628-0edd641d5262    /          ext3    
errors=remount-ro 0       1
#  3: swap partition
UUID=73035ad5-bba9-4d8e-8cfd-546ab09ac456    none       swap    sw              
0       0

# LVM
/dev/mapper/vg-cache            /cache          ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-home             /home           ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-opt              /opt            ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-tmp              /tmp            ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-usr              /usr            ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-usrlocal         /usr/local      ext3    defaults        0       
2
/dev/mapper/vg-var              /var            ext3    defaults        0       
2


######################  Removable  Media  ######################

/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
#/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

#  USB:         Gandalf Attached Storage.
UUID=6b01200d-446d-46da-b6ac-405f1ec5b1bf    /legacy            ext3    user    
    0       0
UUID=0866a19d-3661-422b-818c-410d96868139    /media/gandalfBACK ext3    
noauto,user 0       0
#  LABEL="gandalfBACK2"               Gandalf's secondary backup (kept at my 
parents' house)
UUID=14a0b647-02e0-4681-b37c-cea165004e24    /media/gandalfBACK2        ext3    
noauto      0       0

#  USB:         Portable disk.
UUID=ac334401-5833-4946-bc7b-4d93622ea929    /media/palm/legacy ext3    
noauto,user        0       0
UUID=807e9825-1838-4d5c-bada-e54a7d94e2ff    /media/palm/lennyBACK      ext3    
noauto,user        0       0
UUID=3A39-B1B2                               /media/palm/reut12         vfat    
rw,noauto,user  0       0

#  USB:         Ora's portable disk.
UUID=57e7b504-442c-396e-8c77-dcdd9e6b54d6    /media/usbora      hfsplus 
rw,noauto,user  0       0

#  USB:         Nikon D300, 8, 4, & 2, GB cards
UUID=4DCC-F3FA  /media/D300-8   vfat    ro,noauto,user  0       0
UUID=888E-E0E0  /media/D300-4   vfat    ro,noauto,user  0       0
UUID=C496-1651  /media/D300-2   vfat    ro,noauto,user  0       0
#  USB:         Card reader
LABEL=CF        /media/D300     vfat    ro,noauto,user  0       0

#  USB:         bilbo's backup
LABEL=bilboBACK /media/usbdisk  ext3    rw,noauto,user  0       0

#  USB:         My good old stick
LABEL=PUBLIC    /media/PUBLIC   vfat    rw,noauto,user  0       0

#  USB:         Little cyan cruize blade        (LABEL='ItayF sky')
UUID=C042-86D6  /media/sky      vfat    rw,noauto,user  0       0
#  USB:         Little red  cruize blade        (LABEL='ItayF fire')
UUID=782C-9B8B  /media/fire     vfat    rw,noauto,user  0       0


If possible, copy the system off and write ones and then zeros to the disk (and 
look for speed drops). Looking at the disk might've been a good call.

I don't understand the procedure you suggest, but it's not necessary after deciding to replace the HDD anyhow -- I guess.

Many thanks,
Itay


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