On Friday, 13 June 2003 19:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 07:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Why? > > > > I've never had this behavior before out of a Mandrake setup. > > > > As root, I can type in "updatedb" at a shell, and it will run for 2-3 > > mins, as per usual, then suddenly, monitor goes black, and machine > > spontaneously reboots. > > > > I have an 80 gig HD. > > > > and usually...some kind of damage is done. > > > > This folks, is off a fresh (re)install after the last episode caused > > major damage. I figured it was doing it then because the db was corrupted > > or something. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? This is terrible. :-( > > Dark, > > Sounds like somehow slocate didn't install right. Are there any > error messages in /var/log/messages or possibly but less likely > /var/log/kernel/errors left behind. Also what is in /var/lib/slocate? > you may need to remove what is there (or move it aside) before trying, > if you dare, again. (btw mine works.. not that this helps you at all.) > > James
If you want/are running cooker, update the normal updates first after the fresh install, then cooker. I had some issues but came right. Running smoothly now. My 2 cents Regards Steve Cox
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