> Now, after two days > it has happened yet again ... this time while editing various files on > three different consoles: all of a sudden I got a message (don't remember > which one), and couldn't do anything else, not even ^C. I had to reset the > machine (^AltDel wouldn't work either) and the fsck gave me an error on one > of the disk partitions; then gave me the choice to either enter my root > password to fix the problem, or to press ^D. I did the former and got this > prompt: > [none]~# > ran e2fsck on the partition, exit, and reboot... yet another wrong partition > ... but this time I could log as normal root. I ran e2fsck again and that's > it ... just that this is starting to sound worrying, so please, could you > give me an idea of what could be going on here? > I can't give you a specific answer, but I have been though a similar problem. Something is causing your computer to hangup. It could be software or hardware related.
If you are editting/saving a number of files and the system hangs the file system is left in an inconsistant state. When you reboot fsck kicks in and tries to fix things. If software is causing the problem you can generally identify when the problem is occuring. ie. I do xxx on the system and everything goes haywire or I upgraded some software and now I have a problem. If there is a problem with the hardware generally it seems to be more difficult to identify what is going on. It is possible that you could have: Processor is overheating - Check the processor fan Cache/Memory corruption - Use bios to check memory Hard disk - Check cables, run badblocks (read only) Did you recently open the computer and change/touch anything? Do not install or upgrade any software until you have sorted out this problem. Running deselect on a sick system is a path to disaster. I had a hard disk go down. The initial problems were identical to what you are seeing. But the problem got much worse. Do a backup now. Save any thing you don't want to lose. Think about what you have done over the last few days. Has anything else unusual happened? Regards ...
