Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > This is probably the weirdest thing I've seen in debian so far. > > I was able to re-produce it on my home and work machines, and a person on > irc also go the same results. > > Try this: > apt-get install purity purity-off # Not sure if the -off package is > # actually necessary > purity list > purity nerd # any test should do from the previous > # list > > Either finish the test, or abort it via ctrl-c or the "q" command. > > --> Now run ls.
??? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~[2]# apt-get install purity purity-off Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: purity purity-off 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 54.5kB of archives. After unpacking 215kB will be used. Get:1 http://debian.commerceflow.com woody/main purity 1-9 [25.7kB] Get:2 http://debian.commerceflow.com woody/main purity-off 0-2 [28.8kB] Fetched 54.5kB in 0s (391kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package purity. (Reading database ... 76862 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking purity (from .../archives/purity_1-9_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package purity-off. Unpacking purity-off (from .../purity-off_0-2_all.deb) ... Setting up purity (1-9) ... Setting up purity-off (0-2) ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~[2]# suspend zsh: 20762 suspended su -m [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% purity list welcome to the purity test. the current available tests are: mtrek - see how muck of an mtrek geek you are... nerd - tests to see how "nerdy" you are... hacker - a hard core computer hacker purity test. format - an explanation of the data file format (for writing your own tests) sample - prints a generic sample datafile to run each test, use "purity <type_of_test> [flags]". bye. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% purity nerd The East Campus Nerd Test Posted to talk.bizarre by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kitchen Scott) Score one point for each YES. The score is % nerdity. 1. Have you ever used a computer? If the answer is no, try taking the Baker House Purity Test. your answer? [ynbakdlsrq?] : Maybe 2. Have you ever programmed a computer? your answer? [ynbakdlsrq?] : Maybe 3. Have you ever built a computer? your answer? [ynbakdlsrq?] : quit you answered 0 'no' answers out of 2 questions, which makes your purity score 0.00%. seeya later, alligator. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% ls Apache-CodeRed-1.07.tar.gz shlib.c dvpt/ shuse.c priv/ usr/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% > Be prepared to abort it before it consumes all the available memory on your > system. > > If you do this while in X, you will have to close your X terminal to get ls > working agin (doesnt matter if its gnome-terminal, xterm, Eterm. It even > happens in console, though the effect is permanent (ls will not work on that > console anymore). reset, clear, etc dont fix it. > > I did not send this to the BTS yet as I'm not 100% certain what package is > at fault. > > To me it looks like this would be a bug in ls, though I cant figure out what > is causing it, or why it happens after running purity. The environment is > unchanged, the aliases are unchanged, the only difference is that ls no > longer works. It works... Something's wrong with your system. Try strace'ing ls. Phil.
