From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754836AbWLVN3R (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:29:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754837AbWLVN3R (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:29:17 -0500 Received: from smtp151.iad.emailsrvr.com ([207.97.245.151]:35740 "EHLO smtp151.iad.emailsrvr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754836AbWLVN3R (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:29:17 -0500 Message-ID: <458BDDDE.8050201@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:30:06 -0500 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b1 (X11/20061221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Haber CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3 References: <20061207155740.GC1434@torres.l21.ma.zugschlus.de> In-Reply-To: <20061207155740.GC1434@torres.l21.ma.zugschlus.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Marc Haber wrote: > After updating to 2.6.19, Debian's apt control file > /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin corrupts pretty frequently - like in under > six hours. In that situation, "aptitude update" segfaults. When I > delete the file and have apt recreate it, things are fine again for a > few hours before the file is broken again and the segfault start over. > In all cases, umounting the file system and doing an fsck does not > show issues with the file system. Are you using wireless networking of any kind? If so which driver and security key system? Might be useful if you could post 'dmesg' output so that people can see the other hardware that you have. Daniel