-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote: > Hello > > On Monday 04 September 2006 23:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am observing the following Reiser failure: >> >> I am trying to use camorama with a Creative WebCam Live spca5xx driver >> (recently downloaded and compiled) . Camorama does not start and computer >> freezes (no response to mouse, or keyboard. Can't change to terminal >> window. >> >> Reset or pull plug leaves Knoppix 5.0.1-DVD unbootable: >> >> The actual message from GRUB is inconsistent filesystem?! From a boot >> loader? > > after unclean shutdown journal reply is necessary to return reiserfs to > consistent state. Maybe GRUB did not do that?
Grub uses the journal in a read-only mode. It doesn't replay it in a writable fashion. When grub needs a block, it scans the blocks used in the journal, and uses the most recent copy it finds there before looking out to the rest of the file system. >> The 'fix' is even stranger. I execute fsck.reiserfs from another OS >> partition on the Knoppix 5.0.1-DVD partition (takes forever). > > Did fsck complete? What did it report? > >> Somehow >> 'reading' the Knoppix filesystem 'fixes' whatever was preventing Knoppix >> 5.0.1-DVD from booting. >> > > fsck replayed the journal. > Does camorama work now? > > If it still causes computer freeze - can you please install serial or network > console and try to catch what does kernel output when it freezes. If the system doesn't work still, I believe grub has a debugging output mode that could yield more information. You'd need to rebuild and reinstall it. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFCA7nLPWxlyuTD7IRAh4DAJwOP1vihfFBRSWT9p8i5MXTxzEP+QCeI3mJ 7P2HrZdP1Hy1BbvhPi8bXbo= =k2E8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
