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> emerge smartmontools |
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> then when that is done, do this: |
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> smartctl -t long /dev/sd<drive letter here> |
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> When you do that, it should print a message that tells when the test will |
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> complete. It is usually a 24 hour format thing too. This can run while the |
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> drive is in use too. Sometime after that time, run this command: |
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> smartctl -l selftest /dev/sd<drive letter here> |
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> That should tell you the results of the test. If it says it passed, this is |
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> good. If it reports a problem, well it is not good. If you are lucky, it |
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> will be like a recent problem I had and reformatting will fix it. It was a |
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> weird problem but beats replacing a drive. |
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I'm just wondering: can a tool like strace (or similar) be helpul in |
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diagnose the problem? |
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Maybe it could detect if konsole is trying to access a file that has |
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too strict permissions, couldn't it? Just wondering, I never really |
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used strace. |
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Lorenzo |
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Nothing is interesting if you're not interested. |
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