Re: [gentoo-user] X Freezes With Firefox on Many Post 2.6.38 Kernels

[Dale]

Michael Mol wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:
>
>> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always
>>    -       0
>> 197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always
>>    -       0
>> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline
>>     -       0
>>
> No bad sectors. At least, not that the drive controller knows about.
>
> You might try "smartctl -t offline $DEVICE_NODE" to have the drive run
> a self-test. Don't let "offline" fool you; you can still do other
> things, the test will just be suspended during disk activity, and
> resume when disk activity dies down.
>
>


I have ran that at least a couple times.  It passed each time.  I 
actually run that every couple months or so anyway.  From what I have 
read, it does sometimes warn of a problems in time to take action.  It 
may not help if it is a bearing failure or some other mechanical failure 
but some warning is better than none.

At least I know it is living at the moment.  I just hope it stays that way.

Dale

:-)  :-)