Re: [SLE] 9.3: Keyboard keymaps and xorg

AmigaPhil_at_ping.be
Date: 06/18/05

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To: "Carlos E. R." <suse-linux-e@suse.com>

    Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas@tiscali.es) wrote something I wish to comment :
    (news:<Pine.LNX.4.61.0506172247260.11566@nimrodel.valinor> 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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