From: Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:17:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F038C8B.7050200@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F0273C6.6060606@gmail.com>
On 01/02/12 22:19, Dale wrote:
> Colleen Beamer wrote:
>> On 01/02/12 14:42, Michael Mol wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Colleen
>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 01/02/12 04:57, Mick wrote:
>>>>> On Monday 02 Jan 2012 02:25:45 Colleen Beamer wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/01/12 20:29, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Colleen Beamer
>>>>>>> <colleen.beamer@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 01/01/12 20:13, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>>> Since there were no updates/upgrades immediately prior to this
>>>>> error, this
>>>>> could well have been a result of fs corruption, or memory
>>>>> problems. It
>>>>> would
>>>>> make sense to check what smartctl -a /dev/sda shows just in case.
>>>> I'd be willing to try this, but what is smartctl a part of?
>>> "smartctl -a" asks the hard disk device for diagnostic information.
>> Yes, but when I ran 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' it tells me the command isn't
>> found. I did a search for this command and it was found in
>> /usr/share/bash-completion/ but if I run it (and it is executable to
>> owner (root)), using the full path to the command, it tells me the
>> command isn't found. I also tried creating a symlink to it in /usr/bin
>> and I get the message:
>> /usr/bin/smartctl: line 3: have: command not found.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Colleen
>>
>
> emerge smartmontools
>
> then when that is done, do this:
>
> smartctl -t long /dev/sd<drive letter here>
>
> When you do that, it should print a message that tells when the test
> will complete. It is usually a 24 hour format thing too. This can
> run while the drive is in use too. Sometime after that time, run this
> command:
>
> smartctl -l selftest /dev/sd<drive letter here>
>
> That should tell you the results of the test. If it says it passed,
> this is good. If it reports a problem, well it is not good. If you
> are lucky, it will be like a recent problem I had and reformatting
> will fix it. It was a weird problem but beats replacing a drive.
Thanks, Dale. I'll try this. Don't know if I'll get to it tonight ....
unfortunately, it was back to work to day and I have a bunch of stuff to
do tonight.
To everyone else, thanks ... I'll keep googling to see if I can figure
this out and I'll shout again if I need assistance.
Regards,
Colleen
--
Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-01 19:33 [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 19:41 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 19:51 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 19:58 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 20:12 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:46 ` Dale
2012-01-01 21:00 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 21:15 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 21:51 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 22:10 ` Dale
2012-01-01 22:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-01 22:36 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 23:06 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-01 23:20 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 23:48 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:10 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 0:32 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 1:01 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:01 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:09 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:18 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:34 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:40 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 0:47 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:55 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 1:05 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:13 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 1:20 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:29 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 2:25 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 9:57 ` Mick
2012-01-02 19:32 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:42 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-03 2:39 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-03 3:19 ` Dale
2012-01-03 10:26 ` Lorenzo Bandieri
2012-01-03 10:39 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-03 23:17 ` Colleen Beamer [this message]
2012-01-02 20:54 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 1:18 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 2:44 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 12:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 14:44 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 17:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 19:12 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:22 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:27 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 19:35 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:47 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 20:56 ` Neil Bothwick
[not found] ` <201201022259.03909.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
2012-01-03 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-03 1:09 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:25 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 0:26 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 19:48 ` Dale
2012-01-01 20:01 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:09 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2012-01-01 20:34 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:08 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2012-01-01 20:36 ` Colleen Beamer
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