At 8:39 PM +0700 1/12/03, Philippe wrote:
[snip]
Under root, you can launch dmesg -c, it will clean the dmesg log. If you
run again dmesg (without the -c flag), you will se that it is empty.
Then, try to lauch Pine or whatever command which failed, and type again
dmesg (you don't need to be root to type dmesg (root only to clear it).
Hope this will help, and give us a clue.
I followed your suggestions. No unusual messages displayed.
You can also force a check filesystem on reboot with the command (root):
shutdown -Fr now
It will force fsck when rebooting. Good luck, and I am sure many skilled
people will help you.
I ran the shutdown with the -Fr now arguments. When the computer rebooted,
I found these messages:
/usr:
Missing '..' in directory inode 2260993.
.usr: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fcsk MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)
/var: 8578/130560 files (1.2% non-contiguous), 84308/260812 blocks
[FAILED]
*** An error occured during the file system check.
*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
*** when you leave the shell.
*** Give root password for maintainence
*** (or type Control-D for normal startup:)
bash: id: command not found
bash: id: command not found
bash: id: command not found
bash: [: too many arguments
(Repair filesystem) 1# fcsk
bash: fcsk: command not found
(Repair filesystem) 2# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg install.log install.log.syslog mail
(Repair filesystem) 3#
It looks like the files are corrupted. I cannot tell if that's a software
or hardware problem. What steps do I take to get the Linux system working
again? Do I simply re-install the entire Linux OS?
Thank you for your help. -- Justin
[snip]
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Yep, this looks bad to me, hardware problem ...
> >
> >Try to run dmesg, and looks what it says.
> >
> >Philippe
> >
> >On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 10:20, Justin F. Kuo wrote:
> >> I'm new to Red Hat 8.0. I had the email reader, PINE, working two
days
> >> ago. Now, it's as though it no longer exists on my PC.
> >>
> >> [jkuo@mango jkuo]$ pine
> >> -bash: pine: command not found
> >>
> >> Several other applications, including PICO, and PILOT are also
missing.
> >>
> >> I attempted to look for it in the /usr/bin directory, but the ls
> command
> >> generated a bunch of errors.
> >>
> >> [jkuo@mango jkuo]$ ls /usr/bin/ -al > spool.txt
> >> ls: /usr/bin/gpg-sign+encrypt: Input/output error
> [snip]
>
> I ran the dmesg command and include the lengthy output below. What does
> all of it mean? Thanks -- Justin
>
> (There are two harddrives in this box. The 60GB drive (hda) is for the
> linux system, while the 30GB drive (hdc) contains Windows ME that was
> orginally run on that box.)
>
> [jkuo@mango jkuo]$ dmesg
> Linux version 2.4.18-19.8.0 (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com)
(gcc
[snip]
> hda: WDC WD600BB-75CAA0, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: WDC WD307AA-00BAA0, ATA DISK drive
> hdd: CR-4804TE, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
[snip]
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,5), internal journal
> Adding Swap: 257000k swap-space (priority -1)
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,2), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,6), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[snip]
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