reassign 640974 linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 quit On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 04:53:47PM +0200, Alexander Fortin wrote: > On 09/09/2011 10:20 AM, Bill Allombert wrote: > >Hello Alexander, > >This report suggest that your hard-disk sdb has some problem with some > >sectors. > >/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest access most of the directories in /usr, so > >if some of them is stored in the broken sectors, then hardware trouble can > >happen > >even if the box seems to work correctly (because the broken directories are > >not very > >important. > > > >You can try to do > >find /usr -depth -print > >and see whether it triggers the problem and at which files. > > > >You can also boot an older kernel and see whether you can reproduce the > >problem. > > > >However, there is not much we popularity-contest maintainers can do for you, > >we are not kernel experts. > > > >Cheers, > > Hello Bill, > thanks for the quick reply. Actually today I've noticed the same > problem on a different and unrelated box but with the same > 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel (first was a VPS box, latter is a physical > one). I've even tried your suggestion using find on both boxes but I > can't reproduce the problem.
If it occurs on several machine, it is more likely to be a kernel issue. I reassign this bug to the kernel team. > I'll wait for a good maintenance window to try out if with an older > kernel it can be reproduced. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

