| Michael Montone via plug on 19 Dec 2024 13:54:57 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] File System Corruption |
I had a gremlin issue once, where the system was fine for months, as long as I did not reboot it. The issue turned out to be a dying hard drive (spinner). I copied the OS to a new hard drive, and never saw the gremlins again. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 19, 2024, at 4:47 PM, Keith C. Perry via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > > Rich, > > Right to repair is ***very*** important... > > Point of clarity though, you're talking about https://frame.work/ , yes? > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. > Managing Member, DAO Technologies LLC > (O) +1.215.525.4165 x2033 > (M) +1.215.432.5167 > [ http://www.daotechnologies.com/ | www.daotechnologies.com ] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2024 4:42:38 PM > Subject: Re: [PLUG] File System Corruption > > I know it doesn't help the current issue, but I just wanted to note > that things like "memory is soldered to the motherboard" are precisely > why I'm using Framework for my current laptops, and future ones, > unless something changes. > > Right to Repair is important. > >> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM Casey Bralla via plug >> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: >> >> The logs didn't show anything that I could see. >> Smartctl showed no errors, and it passed the diagnostics >> <sigh> >> >> I think Keith is correct that I've just got a flaky motherboard. I'll probably replace it at some point in 2025. Craig's list anyone? >> >> >> On 12/19/24 9:53 AM, Keith C. Perry wrote: >> >> I just had a similar issue with a workstation. For 2 years, it would randomly crash or lock up. It might happen once then not again for week, maybe month or it would happen every day, even multiple times a day, for a week. There was no patten. >> >> After a bios upgrade and multiple memory tests the only thing left was the motherboard and indeed that is what is was. 7 years is decent run for a laptop so it might be time to replace the hardware. >> >> >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >> Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. >> Managing Member, DAO Technologies LLC >> (O) +1.215.525.4165 x2033 >> (M) +1.215.432.5167 >> www.daotechnologies.com >> >> ________________________________ >> From: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> >> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <PLUG@Lists.PhillyLinux.org> >> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2024 8:32:41 AM >> Subject: [PLUG] File System Corruption >> >> I've got an occasional catastrophic problem with a Dell Laptop, and I'm hoping someone on this list can steer me to a possible solution. >> >> The system: >> >> Dell E7250 laptop, circa 2017 >> i5 CPU >> 8 GBytes RAM (soldered in place... not a DIMM) >> 1 TByte M.2 SATA disk using ext4 file system >> Gentoo stable with "gentoo-sources" monolithic kernel >> >> The Problem: >> >> Disk corruption which removes entire subdirectories, yielding unstable behavior >> Problem recurs every few months, unpredictably >> >> Other Data: >> >> I'm a long-time Gentoo user. I have several other Gentoo systems and have NEVER had disk problems. I don't think it's a driver-related problem. >> Does not seem to be heat-related since the errors don't seem to be triggered by extended operation >> All diagnostics are good (Dell internal diagnostics in ROM, Memtest-86, etc) >> FSCK can usually repair the damage >> Laptop is lightly used and rarely transported >> >> Diagnostic Work so Far: >> >> Swapped M.2 disk >> Ran Memtest-86 for hours >> >> >> Anybody got any ideas what may be happening and what I might be able to do about it? >> >> TIA! >> >> Casey >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug