On 04/14/08 13:10, Justin Mazzola Paluska wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:32:26PM +0200, Kirill Miazine wrote:
> > Is /var mounted noatime? > > Do you have laptop-mode turned on on your laptop? Laptop-mode can be > configured to remount your drives with noatime when you go on > battery. This may explain why you have problems with your laptop but > not your desktop. No, I had set it manually to noatime at some point in /etc/fstab, experimentally, and forgotten about it. Since taking it out the problem is gone. Sorry btw -- I had thought I had replied to the list that the problem is solved. m.