--- svetljo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > YES > the purpose of journaled FS is to bring the FS in > usable state faster > if you pull the plug you are going to loose data > with each FS > > have you tried xfs_repair > Wouldn't it be too late by this time since I have been using the hard drive for at least a day?
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