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[AmigaPhil@xxxxxxx]

Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote something I wish to comment :
(news:<Pine.LNX.4.61.0506172247260.11566@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted on 17-juin-05
21:50:01)

>> So in the end, it seems the files were not missing as I thought,
>> just "unavailable" (???)
>> How could it be that Konqueror is hidding files to root ?
>> How could it be that root is refused access to some files ?
>
> If your partition is reiser, it is a known problem. You need to boot from
> the dvd, and run a "reiserfsck" on it. It is known that when a reiserfs
> part. gets corrupted, one of the symptoms is the "Permission denied"
> message to root.

Oh s..t.  At installation time, I was thinking to use ext3 partitions
instead.  But then I saw the ReiserFS was default with Suse, and I
opted for it.

Thanks, I'm going to try that.


[Back for report]

 *SOLVED* !!!   (The whole thing was a ReiserFS issue)


1st step: Repairing the damaged partition

I booted the DVD, and first try to repair the partition with the repair
function from the installation program.  The program found effectively
that my /dev/sda2 ReiserFS partition was corrupted (did not have a chance
to spot that the last time I used the install/repair function.  See
underneath why.)  I click on "Repair", and in a fraction of a second,
I briefly saw a small windows poping up.  It ran so fast that I sounded
suspect.  I ran the detection again to discover that the partition was
still corrupted.  *WORST*, I could then no more boot from HD !

So the only thing left to do was to launch the rescue mode.  From there,
I ran reiserfsck --check /dev/sda2 and I was told to fix the partition
with the --rebuild-tree option.  So I did it:

reiserfsck --rebuild-tree --logfile rebuild.log /dev/sda2

After a moment of PANIC when I saw the warning to perform a backup first
(I have none and could not do one), but everything went fine.


2nd step: Repair the system (in case...)

The Suse install/repair process ran flawlessly, no more corrupted FS.
I replaced a few packages as suggested (xorg was not one of them).
And reboot again, now from HD.
... a quick check: the "unavailable" files were not in place, but
the directories were clean.  (The retrieved files were in a newly
created lost+found directory)


So, step 3: re-install the xorg package again with yast.

No problem this time, the package was installed properly.


Step 4: Run Yast Online Update (YOU)

At least to make sure the packages replaced during the system repair
process are up-to-date.


Step 5: Configure X11 and the keyboard with Yast > Sax2

Hey, I can now print the missing keys in the test key gadget !



AND *DONE* !   The keyboard configuration issue is closed now.


Thanks to all !




(I wonder if I'll take the assle to switch from ReiserFS to Ext3.
 Is there a tool which perform a backup, format the partition,
 and restore the backup to it without much pain ?)



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