On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:28, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:09, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Friday 13 June 2003 01:31 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > slocate.db.tmp, size 1.6mb. I renamed it, will run the command again. Wish me > > luck! :-) > > That could well be the culprit it didn't remove it can't edit it... > so... it crashes. (IMHO this is a bug in slocate. ) > > James
slocate crashing would be a segfault. The whole box going down is either a kernel bug or hardware failure. try doing something else disk & cpu intensive, like compiling a kernel. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
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