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Re: Directory output garbage
- To: David Bergman <bergmanb(at-nospam)netvision.net.il>
- Subject: Re: Directory output garbage
- From: Adi Stav <stav(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:40:52 +0300
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- In-Reply-To: <3B78172A.7030106@netvision.net.il>; from bergmanb@netvision.net.il on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 08:06:34PM +0200
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 08:06:34PM +0200, David Bergman wrote:
> A friend encountered the following problem, I wonder
> if any of you can offer a solution.
>
> Hi
> I've got this problem. i'm working on a linux machine (RH 7.1), and
> since a few days ago, my root directory looks like this:
>
> [root@localhost /]# ls
>
> 06b51c 5rQnfd BiIwdF fjqUPd iIphDP MaenTV pPg3pp TMJ8wy wNnKOl
> 07J8qH 5rsxp6 bin fL1TiT iLH35f MALyW4 proc tmp
> WOGtoA 0AsnGr 5U3fiO bJkJdu FLipx7 iNksQu mbNyUv psL8kl tNbCQV
> wrjaJx 0c4ZGW 5wuDTj bNHzr3 fMYN6W Ipeidd MCgJh9 PUJLUd tnuQFX
> wrPWwp 0f66ee 5xuFxz bNKhGc Folk9K iTetqe MEsbm7 PUVlyp TpvY5K
> wYvYqN 0ggOQu 6dnILM BNkpzB foP2A9 IVIYRm mFWoAX pvRaIb TqD5ze
> x4C7Qc 0PuFQJ 6gGmw0 boot fOTDAb iWsIJq misc pWs1dn TQqNMS
> X6Owab 0ThQ40 6hQh4Y boVtrH fpfoWM iXwwAn MjQIa4 PZ56Xy TrdMW8
> X7OYDe 0xblHM 6KyKll boXDgn ftF4nl J36TcX mnt Q96s1P TSrZDd
> xb02Pe 16hMXe 6sGS7z bS3dMa FySGJN j5TIjf MQ4iOx QA11wY tsS1bP
> XbSpwt 187fV9 6Xo4S9 bUklid fytsfR j9w1TS muBqml QaJahC tt56J9
> xcRT0B
>
> and so on....
This is pretty much what my home directory looks like after some heavy
Lynx usage. Have you been using Lynx (perhaps as root)? Do the
directories contain a lot of cached HTML files?
> The machine functions ok, but sometimes it can't boot and freezes
> after this boot message: "KSwapd 1.8".
>
> are the two problems connected? is there anything to be done besides
> formatting and resinstalling?
If it's Lynx, I doubt it. Unless the disk space is finished or so.
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