Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:43:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:43:42 -0500 Received: from mail1.arcor-ip.de ([145.253.2.10]:9618 "EHLO mail1.arcor-ip.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:43:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3BFE6E98.8090109@arcormail.de> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:43:20 +0100 From: Hartmut Holz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.6) Gecko/20011120 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Input/output error In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rasmus B?g Hansen wrote: > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Marcus Grando wrote: > > >>On try start syslog deamon occur this errrors "Input/output error" on many archives /var directory. >> > > Try to run fsck on the /var partition. Also you should check the disk > for bad blocks. What output do you get from the kernel ('dmesg', > /var/log/messages etc.)? > > It could be a bad disk developing bad sectors. > > Rasmus > > On my machine (2.4.15 final) it is the same behaviour. After reboot the lock files (and only the lock files) are corrupt. With 2.4.14 and 2.4.13 everything works fine. gcc 2.96, e2fsck 1.25, aic7896/97 e2fsck output: -------------- Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Entry 'kudzu' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30005. Clear? yes Entry 'network' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30006. Clear? yes Entry 'syslog' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30007. Clear? yes Entry 'portmap' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30008. Clear? yes Entry 'nfslock' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30009. Clear? yes Entry 'random' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30012. Clear? yes Entry 'netfs' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30013. Clear? yes Entry 'autofs' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30014. Clear? yes Entry 'local' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30029. Clear? yes Entry 'syslogd.pid' in /run (38001) has deleted/unused inode 38009. Clear? yes Entry 'klogd.pid' in /run (38001) has deleted/unused inode 38010. Clear? yes Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /var: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** /var: 23017/66000 files (5.9% non-contiguous), 115364/263168 blocks - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/