Am 01.11.2010 11:28, schrieb Harry Putnam: > I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will > not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. [...] > It only seem to happen on $HOME.... how very odd. > Anyone else seen that or have an idea what might be the cause?
No. But maybe 'strace ls' will show something? Is /home on a separate partition? I'd do a fsck on it. touch /forcefsck or use a live cd for this. Good luck, Wonko