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On 2 March 2011 16:29, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:51:54 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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>> >> This would typically happen in the middle of an emerge, which was |
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>> >> rather annoying, and/or when updatedb was running. |
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>> > At least you could re-run an aborted emerge; when my box hangs it |
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>> > just stops responding to keyboard and mouse, and the network |
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>> > interface stops receiving packets so I can't ssh in from another box |
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>> > to shut it down neatly. It's BRS time. |
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>> No I couldn't. :-( |
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>> The whole system would freeze up, no keyboard, no network, no nothing. |
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>> I had to pull the plug every time. |
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> Not even Alt-SysRq? That's a serious lockup. |
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Yep, when that box locked up, it didn't do it by half. |
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> You can still resume a merge after a power down, with |
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> ebuild /path/to/ebuild merge. |
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I see ... by path you mean /var/tmp/portage/... ? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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