Re: [Cooker] file corruption w/ journaled file systems (was: strangekernel compile issues)
I have had curroption with reiserfs, xfs, and MAYBE ext3. With reiserfs and xfs it was clear as I would get mass currpotion such that I had to besically start from scratch. So I moved to ext3 and things were running fine until my /boot got hosed. Now I have not narrowed it to whether it was ext3 fault or not ( I am guessing not). But in general, ext2 was rock solid and never had problems. Sure I would get curroption here and there, but not on whole scale such that a new install was necesarry. I really like ext3. On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Chevalley, Scott wrote: > I recently discovered some file corruption problems with Reiserfs. For > some reason VMWare would hard lock my machine occasionally. This > happened recently and I rebooted, reiserfsck ran and played the journal > but X and KDE would randomly crash and eventually the pc would lock up. > > It turned out to be two files had been "recovered" with wrong info in > them when the journal was replayed. libqt2 and libkdecore where > corrupted. Reinstalling the rpm's fixed the problem. > > I've since decided to try EXT3 because it journals the data as well as > the meta-data, while reiserfs only journals the meta-data (I think, > that's what I've read). > > Just my 2 cents worth... > > Scott > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 04:40, SI Reasoning wrote: > > > > --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For some reason my/usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers and > > > Xaccess are gone. I noticed this after a compile > > > although I cannot imagine how it could be related > > > > > as it turned out my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc was > > hosed. Unfortunately even kcontrol did not reset it up > > properly. Fortunately I had another server that I > > could pull the config files from to get it running > > again. My /usr directory is using xfs and I suspect > > that all of my laptop crash tests (trying to > > suspend/resume) may be creating some file corruption. > > I also had something like this happen to my kmailrc > > file (but my /home directory is on reiserfs) Where it > > looked like part of the autobookmarks or something > > like that took over part of the kmailrc file. > > > > Is it really this easy to corrupt files using these > > journaled file systems? > > > > > > > > = > > SI Reasoning > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps > > the creator alive. > > > > -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > > http://sports.yahoo.com > > >
[Cooker] 8.2b2 libsafe crashes Konqueror, galeon, mozilla
I have the libsafe that comes with 8.2 b2 and have notices that all those browsers crash except for netscape. They all crash as soon as they open with segmentation faults. Of course, as soon as libsafe is removed, things work. I am just wondering if there is any way of runnig libsafe and have those browsers work fine with them.
Re: [Cooker] ReiserFS killed my /var
I have had mixed results. I tried to keep my mouth shut during the whole thread, but I can't any longer. I experimented with Reiser since 7.2. All it did was each my paritions and I think the VIA bug has something to do with it. But this was not a rare occation, it ate my /home and /var multiple times and on different machines (all three had some VIA chipset as I only use AMD). Then, the newer Reiser version cameout and changing the paritions to those helped but I still saw problems where it reported a directory to have 2 gigs of data in it when I only had 400 megs! I must have been smoking something, because for my server, I went all ReiserFS with the latest 8.0. I was doing a switch from the old server to a new one and in the excitement I forgot about my ReiserFS problems. I almost switch back as soon as I realized what I had done. However, I just bited down and did regular backups waiting for when it went south. IT NEVER DID! I hope I am not talking too soon, but for a few months it has been running w/o any problems. I would still waite for it to mature more or use XFS, which I have used in many of my desktops. IMHO anyways... On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Harry wrote: > On 8/6/01 2:04 AM, "Stefan Siegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since then I don't trust ReiserFS => I wouldn't install it > > currently on a critical system, only on playgounds for data loosing ... > > Depending on the nature of your electrical failure, no data is really safe > if it is preceded by a spike while the drive writes to the disk. In general, > I have found Reiserfs to be admirably reliable. > > Harry > >
Re: [Cooker] does mandrake's kernel support VMWARE?
That is strange. I had no problem even with beta3. However, not with 8.0 I have tons of applications dumping out. The ones I get to recompile with kgcc instead of gcc seem to work after that. However, vmware crashes big time or hangs. For example, in the install process of vmware-config.pl, when it calles vmware --can-run, its hangs. I have the gsx version, but I will try the workstation and see what happens. Anyone know why a lot of previously compile programs don't work with 8.0? On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, David Eastcott wrote: > I installed vmware-2.0.3 build 799 tonight on 8.0 final and it seems to work > with no problems. I have not created a new virtual machine from scartch, but > I do not expect this to be an issue. > > I did replace the vmnet.tar file with one which contained the vnetInt.h patch > already applied before I ran the vmware-config.pl script. > > regards > Dave > > On Friday 20 April 2001 17:32, you wrote: > > I am sorry. I guess I don't understand, because I have successfully > > installed VMware both at beta2 and beta3. Applying the patches worked > > great for me. So I have no idea why they would break. Now, I will try the > > final release, but I am betting that will work too. Good luck. > > > > On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, RA wrote: > > > On Friday 20 April 2001 19:13, you wrote: > > > > Well, its does and it does not. It works like a charm IF you apply this > > > > patch before running vmware-config. If you have gotten the package from > > > > Vmware, then they should help you out. If not, I can give you further > > > > help. Let me know :-) > > > > > > Sorry, what kind of patch? > > > The patch from Petr Vandrovec for vmnet-only/vnetInt.h? > > > > > > This worked for me with Mdk 8.0beta2. Now (final release) the module is > > > also loaded, but during the creation of the vmnet-interface occurs a > > > crash (see previous posting). > > > > > > If you have got another patch, let me also know :-) >
Re: [Cooker] does mandrake's kernel support VMWARE?
I am sorry. I guess I don't understand, because I have successfully installed VMware both at beta2 and beta3. Applying the patches worked great for me. So I have no idea why they would break. Now, I will try the final release, but I am betting that will work too. Good luck. On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, RA wrote: > On Friday 20 April 2001 19:13, you wrote: > > > > Well, its does and it does not. It works like a charm IF you apply this > > patch before running vmware-config. If you have gotten the package from > > Vmware, then they should help you out. If not, I can give you further > > help. Let me know :-) > > Sorry, what kind of patch? > The patch from Petr Vandrovec for vmnet-only/vnetInt.h? > > This worked for me with Mdk 8.0beta2. Now (final release) the module is also > loaded, but during the creation of the vmnet-interface occurs a crash (see > previous posting). > > If you have got another patch, let me also know :-) >
RE: [Cooker] does mandrake's kernel support VMWARE?
Case Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Mandrake Chefs, > > Congrats on releasing Mandrake 8.0. It looks like it ought to be thebest > distribution yet. But after trying to install MK8 b3 (and frantically > backtracking to MandrakeUpdate), I'm not sure whether I will be able to > install MK8 without a *lot* of tweaking. This is because I need to be able > to use VMWARE for Office and better Lexmark 3200 support. VMWARE doesn't > work properly under kernel 2.4.3 (and in MK8 b3 it wouldn't even install) Well, its does and it does not. It works like a charm IF you apply this patch before running vmware-config. If you have gotten the package from Vmware, then they should help you out. If not, I can give you further help. Let me know :-)
Re: [Cooker] ReiserFS broken (!!!) with beta 3 and newest cookerkernel
Ok ok.. So I appoligize. As I sent this, I started reading the thread that talks about VIA and reiserfs. I still need some explaining thought. I don't see why the older kernels work fine and only the newer kernels have problems? On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nima S. Panahi wrote: > This is a strange problem that I have explored ever since beta 3 came out. > I am not sure if it exited before beta 3, since I did not test it as much > as I have now, but it could have. Anyway.. on with the problem. > > Reiserfs brakes bad with the kernel that came with beta 3 and even the > newer cooker 2.4.3-17mdk. It almost randomly seems to hang while accessing > reiserfs filesystems and refuses to do anything. The ONLY solution is the > reset button. It FOR SURE hangs when creating/accessing files larger than > 2.0G and many files under /usr/share/doc. The files like /usr/share/doc > "seem" to get away when I reformated the filesystem with the newer > Reiserfs 3.6 (it was 3.5 before). However, the only way to get hanging > problem solved (especially with large files) is to use kernels that are > lower than or equal to the one shipped with 8.0 beta 2. > Anyone have ANY idea what is going on? TIA. > > > > >
[Cooker] ReiserFS broken (!!!) with beta 3 and newest cooker kernel
This is a strange problem that I have explored ever since beta 3 came out. I am not sure if it exited before beta 3, since I did not test it as much as I have now, but it could have. Anyway.. on with the problem. Reiserfs brakes bad with the kernel that came with beta 3 and even the newer cooker 2.4.3-17mdk. It almost randomly seems to hang while accessing reiserfs filesystems and refuses to do anything. The ONLY solution is the reset button. It FOR SURE hangs when creating/accessing files larger than 2.0G and many files under /usr/share/doc. The files like /usr/share/doc "seem" to get away when I reformated the filesystem with the newer Reiserfs 3.6 (it was 3.5 before). However, the only way to get hanging problem solved (especially with large files) is to use kernels that are lower than or equal to the one shipped with 8.0 beta 2. Anyone have ANY idea what is going on? TIA.
