-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alex Angerhofer wrote: | On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Alexandre Moutinho Santos wrote: | |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 |> |> Alex Angerhofer wrote: | On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Alexandre Moutinho |> Santos wrote: | |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 |> |> |> I'm having a problem related to reiserfs in SuSE 9.2 |> x86_64. |> Everytime I try to compile Mozilla Firefox with the |> -march=k8 |> flag, the system hangs with kernel errors related to |> reiserfs. I |> then installed another disk (a SATA one) and |> formatted it with |> ext2 filesystem. After moving the mozilla |> folder to this new disk |> the compilation was made with |> absolutly no problems. | | Would you please copy us the error |> messages? | | Did you try to check whether your disk has problems |> with reiserfsck | (in rescue mode)? | | AA | | | Just did the |> reiserfsck (in rescue mode) and had to rebuild the tree. After |> that no more errors. | | Thought so. | |> Why such a severe kernel error (that frezzes the machine and only |> a cold reboot can bring it to life) if it's just a filesystem |> error? Alex | | With the filesystem being really the bottom layer of the whole | software that runs your computer there is no such thing as "just a | filesystem error". Suppose a critical kernel file is affected by a | bad block. That will do your kernel in easily. On the other hand, | if it were just a simply user file you'd only recognize it by using | an application that tries to read or write to that file. You will | find corresponding error messages in your logs and it is always | good to keep an eye on those in order to spot a disk problem early | on to be able to take action before it gets worse. | | Cheers, Alex. | | | | | Thanks very much for the fast and clear asnwer. Cheers, Alex. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB3p3yPjVgz/mpp6YRAlBbAJ46Ql2cficRs677iODtCeMYrSghwwCgsj37 tA1DM6U4/l4s33Ur9q64f3U= =0RID -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----