• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Trouble using "ls" in root directory

T

Techwhore

Golden Member
My housemates have been repeatedly pulling the plug on my linux server and now i can't use the ls command in /. Everything else appears to be alright, but i can't think of why ls would stop working in the root directory. I've tried it from several accounts, including root.

Thanks in advance.
 
I don't have a script, at least that i'm aware of... keep in mind this used to work.

What happens is it takes a long time, never yeilding anything... so i ctrl+c it.

I can access files in /, but if i didn't know there names, i would never be able to see them...

I do run vnc, so i'll try connecting remoted and using a GUI file manager to see if that helps.

EDIT:

Just ran file manager via VNC and it wouldn't read, got stuck at 3%... However, I connected via ssh just to try command line again and now it works... weird.
 


<< maybe I was taking this for granted, but U did run fsck right? >>



I'll second this.
If this machine has been shutting down hard, make sure you fsck it. And consider moving to a journaled filesystem.
I've seen some wierd crap happen on corrupted filesystems. This wouldn't be the wierdest.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top