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From: jjg on 29 Jun 2008 14:04 hello, * I am running Slack 12.1, and I try to do an updatedb, which never seems to finish. Last time I had a similar problem, one of my file systems was corrupted. However, when I checked this morning, all file systems were clean. Suggestion, anyone?
From: Henrik Carlqvist on 29 Jun 2008 17:37 jjg <jjge(a)xs4all.nl> wrote: > I am running Slack 12.1, and I try to do an updatedb, which never seems to > finish. You could try "strace -p" on the pid of updatedb to see what it is doing. regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: root(a)localhost postmaster(a)localhost
From: Michael Black on 29 Jun 2008 19:09 On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, jjg wrote: > hello, * > > I am running Slack 12.1, and I try to do an updatedb, which never seems to > finish. Last time I had a similar problem, one of my file systems was > corrupted. However, when I checked this morning, all file systems were > clean. > Suggestion, anyone? > The first time after the install, it sure seems to take time. Of course, later it usually runs as a cron job late at night so you don't notice. Did you have any DVDs or CDs mounted at the time? I seem to recall doing that at least once, and it would add to the time since it's territory that hasn't been databased yet. Michael
From: Giovanni on 30 Jun 2008 01:29 On 06/29/08 20:04, jjg wrote: > hello, * > > I am running Slack 12.1, and I try to do an updatedb, which never > seems to finish. Last time I had a similar problem, one of my file > systems was corrupted. However, when I checked this morning, all > file systems were clean. Suggestion, anyone? Do you have an NFS mounted? If the remote machine is not responding updatedb lasts forever. Ciao Giovanni -- A computer is like an air conditioner, it stops working when you open Windows. Registered Linux user #337974 < http://giovanni.homelinux.net/ >
From: Helmut Hullen on 30 Jun 2008 02:11
Hallo, jjg, Du meintest am 29.06.08: > I am running Slack 12.1, and I try to do an updatedb, which never > seems to finish. Last time I had a similar problem, one of my file > systems was corrupted. However, when I checked this morning, all file > systems were clean. > Suggestion, anyone? Maybe you use the original "/etc/updatedb.conf" which uses wrong delimiters for "PRUNEPATH" ans "FSPATH". "man slocate" and "man updatedb" show that "slocate" needs "," as delimiter, not " ". Viele Gruesse Helmut "Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". |