On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:37, Papadopoulos Alexis wrote: > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: Re: Cannot install, upgrade, remove, etc. > From: "Papadopoulos Alexis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, November 6, 2003 3:33 pm > To: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Actually ls is in /bin/ for me. It doesn't change anything. > I'm positive now that the problem is due to the fs, some weird messages > appear in the boot process, that must be it. Now, is there at least (so as > to begin) any way to get rid of these corrupted files (I cannot remove > them, since rm responds that there is no such file, and rm -f isn't > working) ? > fsck didn't help, though saying that 30 are messy...
fsck says that there are 30 corrupt files? > Anyone has a clue ? > > Thanks again > > > Papadopoulos Alexis wrote: > >> Apparently the problem is somewhat bigger than that... > >> I just typed ls -l in /var/lib/dpkg/info > >> Here are the first lines : > >> ls: libidl0.postrm: No such file or directory > >> ls: bash.postinst: No such file or directory > > > > <snip> > > > >> ls: klipper.list: No such file or directory > >> ls: reading directory .: Input/output error > >> > >> Now I must say that I'm a little bit confused... How can that be ? This is > >> the origin of the problem but what is IT ? > >> > >> Can that be that the files got corrupted or something like that ? Can I do > >> something to solve this ? Strange though, I'm using ReiserFS, are these > kind of things supposed to be avoided ? Oh, and if I try to replace for > instance xfree86-common.list my PC reboots immediatly! > > > > Try "/usr/bin/ls -l"; any difference? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse." Larry Wall, 10/14/1998 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
