[gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Something I have not run into before. Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will not run on $HOME. I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. Top shows 94% idle so its not

Re: [gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry Putnam did opine thusly: Something I have not run into before. Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will not run on $HOME. I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply

Re: [gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alex Schuster
Am 01.11.2010 11:28, schrieb Harry Putnam: I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. [...] It only seem to happen on $HOME how very odd. Anyone else seen that or have an idea what might be the