Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Aug 17 2007 08:31, Jim Sabatke wrote: >> I'm having somewhat the same problem as I reported a few weeks ago. >> Occasionally my home directory locks up on an 'ls'. > > First question: does `ls -n` NOT hang in that case? > > > Jan
Yes, 'ls -n' does freeze the system. The problem usually (to my memory) if not always happen when a message comes from any program using the RPM database. I get errors that the RPM database is in use by another program, or that the program is waiting for a lock on the RPM database. After that point, my system is fubar. Also, lsof doesn't return anything, so I can't search for what is grabbing the RPM database, but I suspect a lot of the time it's the update program. TIA, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
