on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:57:34AM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corcete Dutra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> I have a Debian GNU/Linux i386 testing host with some ten terminals
> attached, running a Debian mini-distro derived originally from LTSP.
> They are running Gnome 2.4, but this problem exists since Gnome 2.2.
>
> Nautilus will freeze on all terminals at the same time, and refuse to
> display icons, open windows or refresh already open windows. It's
> impossible also to quit the Gnome session, but most other buttons are
> working, so one can open apps and use them to open files anyway.
Are do you have any network-mounted drives/partitions? What filesystem
are you using for these (e.g.: NFS, samba, ...?). Network timeouts are
a great way to confound apps.
> There are some other problems with xscreensaver dying constantly and
> Evolution not being able to attach files, but I don't think they are
> related.
In general, if you're trying to track down odd application errors,
'strace' is your friend.
> The weirder of all is that I can't kill Nautilus after it freezes.
> There are some defunct processes, but be it a killall -KILL or a kill
> -KILL no process dies, and I'm forced to reboot the server.
'kill -9'? That's terminate with extreme prejudice, but is one way of
determining whether or not the problem is the application or I/O layer.
You might also want to try running 'lsof' or 'fuser' to see what file(s)
are being held open.
> Any ideas? My hacker colleague seems to think it is a kernel problem,
> so we will eventually install 2.4.23, but I fear it could be some
> Gnome or Glibc thing.
At this point, diagnostics will be more useful than "which" doctoring[1]
Peace.
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Notes:
1. "Which" doctoring. The practice of pretending to determine system
faults by wondering which random contributing factor might be
involved.
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