From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PCvsb-0003TW-8U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:01:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18250E0849; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:59:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA3BE0849 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-100-42.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.100.42]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id oA1ExfFe015607 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:59:43 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oA1Excu4031163 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:59:41 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME In-reply-to: <87hbg1b9d5.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87pqupbaoe.fsf@newsguy.com> <201011011249.53945.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <87hbg1b9d5.fsf@newsguy.com> Comments: In-reply-to Harry Putnam message dated "Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:56:22 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.2.1 Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:59:38 -0400 Message-ID: <31161.1288623578@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: c758a70c-476a-4601-a3ed-3618e253c060 X-Archives-Hash: bb81135ff1599c15a462382268cc54e2 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry Putnam > > did opine thusly: > > > >> Something I have not run into before. > >> > >> Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will > >> not run on $HOME. > >> > >> I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will > >> not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. > >> > >> Top shows 94% idle so its not from heavy system usage. > >> > >> The ls command seems to work anywhere else, and I see nothing peculiar > >> when viewing $HOME with emacs. > >> > >> Running `ls' from a root shell against my user $HOME, is the same story, > >> indefinite hang, nothing listed. > >> > >> I've let it run from both user and root shell for upwards of 1/2 hr. > >> Still just sets there. > >> > >> I've killed the terminal and restarted both user and root shells. But > >> still the same result... a `ls' against my user $HOME will just hang. > >> > >> In both root shell and user shell, once `ls' is run against my user > >> $HOME, the command hangs but also cannot by interrupted. Ctrl-c will > >> not stop it. > >> > >> It only seem to happen on $HOME.... how very odd. > >> Anyone else seen that or have an idea what might be the cause? > > > > By the time the command hits ls itself, the shell has already expanded the > > HOME variable. So it's unlikely to be the command and more something dodgy > > with your shell. > > > > What shell are you using? > > What is the output of "echo $HOME"? > > My shell is xterm... and was just updated to: > Wed Oct 27 10:15:06 2010 >>> x11-terms/xterm-262 > > echo $HOME > /home/reader > > That recent update may be the problem. I'll back that out later to > see, but right now have a bigger and more urgent problem getting mail > back in order following a major update. Sendmail will reject if the load is high enough. This can be adjusted and if your load is 12, this is probably the problem. Also, make sure the daemon is running -- you should have two daemons, the mta and the other one (mssp) I think which reads the mclient-queue. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com