On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Han Boetes wrote:
> I am discussing a bug which I don't know how to solve. This really
> belongs in tech@
This is probably not a bug. You locate database is likely corrupted,
like the error message says.
> And your questions are irrelevant.
Not at all.
-Otto
>
> Paul de Weerd wrote:
> > [moving to misc@, where this sort of problems belong]
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:42:52PM +0059, Han Boetes wrote:
> > | Hi,
> > |
> > | Since about a week or two I get this problem with locate:
> > |
> > | ~% locate foo
> > | locate database header corrupt, bigram char outside 0, 32-127: 14
> > |
> > | Any suggestions on how I can debug this problem?
> >
> > Have you already tried removing the database and rebuilding it
> > from scratch ? How large are your filesystems, how many files ?
> > What sort of arch are you running ? Is your disk dying ? Just a
> > couple of random thoughts that pop up in my head.
>
>
>
> # Han
