http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html Dan At 11:32 AM 3/20/98 +0100, LEBLIN JY wrote: >A 17:50 19/03/98 +0100, vous avez écrit : >>Hi everybody, >> >>I've just had some sort of crash two days ago, (in the messages file i got >>plenty of lines like these : >> >>Mar 16 17:20:34 xxx kernel: 08:01: rw=0, want=1094795586, limit=1020096 >>Mar 16 17:20:39 xxx kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device ) >> >>I don't know exactly what it was, i think it was a disk problem. >>When i rebooted, i had to use fsck and i think it fixed the problems. >> >>Now what i'd like to now is if the error message i get when i try to do an >>apropos <something> is the result of this mini-crash. >> >>The message is for example : >> >>[1root@iae log]# apropos time >>apropos: manpath is null >> >>When i use man i've got a brain new error too : it shows me the man but at >>the beginning i've got this >> >>[root@iae log]# man time >>Error executing formatting or display command. >>System command (cd /usr/man ; (echo ".ll 9.9i"; cat /usr/man/man2/time.2) | >>/usr/bin/gtbl | /usr/bin/groff -Tas >>cii -mandoc | /usr/bin/less -is) exited with status 127. >> >>TIME(2) Linux Programmer's Manual TIME(2) >> >>NAME >> time - get time in seconds >> >>SYNOPSIS >> #include <time.h> >> >> time_t time(time_t *t); >> >>DESCRIPTION >> time returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970, >> measured in seconds................ >>.......... and so and so >> >>This second point is not very important as far as i've got the man but it's >>not normal. >> >>I'm not sure the problem started EXACTLY after the crash but maybe it's the >>case. >> >>Has anybody got an idea first concerning the exact reason of the crash, >>then why are apropos and man bugging. >> > > > I just answer my own mail to say today everything came back to normal. >It's certainly because of some cron.daily process that has been loaded but >i couldn't say exactly which one (anybody knows ?). > Just a little more question (i'm afraid of topic). I'm french and i can't >find the meaning of "Beowulf" is any dictionnary. What's this ? > > Cheers > JY >LEBLIN Jean-Yves alias Grand Salut Legat Vogon Sthyr >IAE de Nantes sociétaire de Soulepave et Laplhage > >tel: 02 40 14 12 04 > (merci a D.Adams et J.Bonnefoy) > > > >-- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! >http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
