SOLVED, I think: On 12/15/13, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > When I run ls -l /media/, the command hangs. Ctrl-C breaks the hang.
The hang appears to be due to the following combination, in my case: the -F option to ls, with a directory in the directory being listed, which directory is a mount point for a mount listed in /etc/fstab, which fstab entry includes the mount option "comment=systemd.automount" and where the device in question (in my case an external USB HDD) is not plugged in and therefore cannot be auto-mounted --- I experienced a very similar situation with systemd and an sshfs mount, where ls -F simply hung for a totally unreasonable period of time. --- So, this appears to be quite repeatable, now that I've identified the combination required to trigger this "hang". It's the systemd automounter not realising quickly enough (in the case of a UUID identified external HDD) that the external HDD is not attached; and in the case of sshfs, due to the network being involved, can be forgiven, but is still very user unfriendly. I guess a little study of systemd automounter is now in order, and possibly a bug filing. See also a quite probably similar problem I experienced around the same time, with update-grub: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/12/msg01091.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnsstpgetmdeemvbbmut5gq6mzgbysv-zjq2xjc3e2ha...@mail.gmail.com