On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Han Boetes wrote: > I am discussing a bug which I don't know how to solve. This really > belongs in tech@
This is probably not a bug. You locate database is likely corrupted, like the error message says. > And your questions are irrelevant. Not at all. -Otto > > Paul de Weerd wrote: > > [moving to misc@, where this sort of problems belong] > > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:42:52PM +0059, Han Boetes wrote: > > | Hi, > > | > > | Since about a week or two I get this problem with locate: > > | > > | ~% locate foo > > | locate database header corrupt, bigram char outside 0, 32-127: 14 > > | > > | Any suggestions on how I can debug this problem? > > > > Have you already tried removing the database and rebuilding it > > from scratch ? How large are your filesystems, how many files ? > > What sort of arch are you running ? Is your disk dying ? Just a > > couple of random thoughts that pop up in my head. > > > > # Han