Hardware :: Smartctl Testing Not Running?
May 28, 2011
I'm trying to test my harddrive, but no results are coming through - running the following I hear the drive, and all reads to be well:
Code:
[stuart8.5@mepis1 Documents]$ sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
[Code].....
Running this command on an older PC, I know that the "Remaining" percentage should decrease over time till expiration (83 mins here). Additionally, I have noticed that the 'complete time' of 16:31 is wrong, behind the actual time by 3/4 hours, but whether this is factor or not I don't know. Short testing is the same.
View 1 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Sep 29, 2010
I recently buy a Corsair F60, and F14 (and F11) said there is MANY bad sectors on my SSD. Is it a smartctl bug ? how can I confirm or infirm that ?
[root@localhost ~]# smartctl /dev/sdc -a
smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
[code]....
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Apr 16, 2010
Is there anyway to test a bash script without actually running the commands to see if the syntax is proper? Google is of no help.
View 5 Replies
View Related
Jul 12, 2009
Before installing Centos, I downloaded an image file and burned it to CD using InfraRecorder. It starts to run but does not complete. My machine is a new Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad CPU with 4G of RAM. It is a 64-bit machine, and I used the 64-bit image. After Centos (which I tried first) failed, I then tried (using the same burning software):
o Slackware
o UBuntu
o gNewSense
o Knoppix
o Debian
o Fedora
o Suse
o BSD
o Solaris
0 puppy Linux
Most failed similarly to Centos. Knoppix worked fully several times, but I was not enthusiastic about installing it, and eventually (on the 5th iteration), it started to fail in a way similar to Centos, and continues so. Solaris and PuppyLinux worked. Those that failed, failed while attempting to start the 4 CPUs. Solaris and Knoppix (when it worked) succeeded in starting all 4 cpus and I could see the messages.
How to communicate what's happening during a failed boot? Finally, I hit upon the idea of photographing the screen during the failing part of the boot; the file is attached. The photo shows the screen just before it blanks, and the BIOS resets for another try. Please let me know if I can collect any other information. I would like to use Centos as a dual boot on my shiny new machine.
View 5 Replies
View Related
Jun 27, 2011
I had problems with hard disk failing and bad block informations in smartctl and palimpsest.
After several avaliations a concluded that apps don't show smart informations if a hard disk partition is monted.
When i boot with livecd it shows a failure in the hard disk, but in monted system dont.
View 9 Replies
View Related
Jun 22, 2010
I am using Fedora 13 and I have one program (wine) that I need to start grabbing for the updates-testing repo instead of the default repositories in order to get newer versions. I think I can figure out how to add that repository, but I need to know if there are any others I need to disable or any other changes I need to make to my system so that I don't confuse my set up with conflicting updates.
Also, is there anything special I need to do to be sure that only that one program is grabbed from the testing repo when I run regular updates?
View 6 Replies
View Related
Feb 28, 2009
I am a ubuntu user but I want to go to the next level to use debian because what I heard of it, but I get confused to what to install on my computer do I install debian testing or debain stable with testing repositories.
- I want to use this system to the home use only.
- I want to use the newest packages because the stable packages is too old to use.
- What about using more than one repository i.e stable with testing with unstable at the same time (the same sourcelist)
- Is the testing and unstable sid packages good enough for the home use?
View 5 Replies
View Related
Aug 24, 2010
I've heard a lot of talk about people running 'Testing' as a rolling release version of Debian. As I have a spare box to play with, I wanted to see what this was like. I've done a minimal install of Squeeze and had a look at /etc/apt/sources.list. As I would expect, the file refers to Squeeze and not 'testing' (I think Woody used to go for stable/ testing etc, but this then got changed). In order to run 'Testing', can I just replace the Squeeze references and do:
View 6 Replies
View Related
Apr 12, 2010
Is there any way other than building the source for 1.1.42 and manually installing it to actually get the latest version on my Debian Testing? How long does it normally take for new versions of Wine to get into the repo's?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Apr 20, 2010
Is there any program for GNU to calculate CPU's performace in marks (should support multi-core CPUs)? So it will be possible to compare performance of different CPUs.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jul 6, 2011
I installed debian testing (wheezy) in virtualbox as I plan on installing it on a laptop. I thought it would come with gnome 3 but that appear to not be the case. [url] Is unstable running gnome 3? Is there a way to run gnome 3 with testing or would that be a bad way to go about it?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 11, 2011
I'm new to Debian, but because I'm used to Ubuntu and Mint, I searched in Gnome menu for a link to Synaptic, and there isn't one, so I opened synaptic from Terminal, using "synapric" command as root. I don't know if this is the proper way to open Synaptic, but when I try to install VLC, Synaptic returns the following message in a pop-up dialog box:
Please insert the disk labeled:
Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official Snapshot
i386 CD Binary-1 20110711-03:22
in drive /media/cdrom/
View 5 Replies
View Related
Aug 1, 2010
This is what greeted me this morning. I think I'll leave it until after breakfast. Current status: 291 updates [+291], 3601 new [+1]. root@chaffinch:/home/eric# aptitude full-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded:
[Code]...
View 6 Replies
View Related
Nov 23, 2009
did some one installed kde 4.3.3 by using the kde testing repo?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jan 25, 2010
Being a LAMP snob, it pains me to even think these thoughts, but .I'm running FC-9, and developing websites, mainly using PHP - well the whole LAMP thing. I now find the need to test/code for IE. To that end I'm thinking VMware, VitrualBox, etc. loaded up with that "other" OS.
I'm sure others have gone down this path. I'm guessing the answer is Win-7. My main question is: OK, I do a virgin buy and install and register it on my VM. Six months later I want to change from VM-X to VM-Y and I reinstall - what is MS's feelings on VM's.
View 6 Replies
View Related
May 16, 2011
Just a quick question: can I safely install the 2.6.38.4 kernel in /testing and not screw up any other part of my Slackware64 13.37 installation? Should I install the kernel headers or leave the default ones since that's what glibc was compiled against? Obviously I'd need to update lilo.conf as well as run lilo itself.The reason I ask is because I'm having suspend/resume problems on my laptop (worked fine with 13.1) and I wanted to see if a kernel driver was the issue.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Oct 31, 2010
Debian testing still ships Wine 1.0.1. Are there any plans to update it to the recent release version?
View 14 Replies
View Related
Mar 11, 2011
After trying to use the safe-upgrade command with aptitude, I receive these errors:
apt (0.8.11) unstable; urgency=low
apt-get install pkg/experimental will now not only switch the candidate of package pkg to the version from the release experimental but also of all dependencies of pkg if the current candidate can't satisfy a versioned dependency.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Apr 4, 2011
I have a slight problem. I think it is corrupted file(s).
My Debian Testing KDE is not functioning properly. When I Leave and click Restart Computer, the computer does not go to a reboot but goes to the KDE login screen. When I cold boot the computer and click Restart Computer from the KDE login window, the same thing happens, the login window reappears.
When I choose Turn Off Computer, the computer properly powers down.
It looks like I should re-install something but what that something is I don't know. I checked the boot and dmesg logs. Nothing leaps of the screen at me but I have to admit that I am not 100% sure what I am looking for.
View 4 Replies
View Related
May 21, 2011
I'm tryin to install virtualbox on my debian testing, but when i check my package manager there is no virtualbox-ose package
View 3 Replies
View Related
Aug 9, 2011
Today i`ve updated kernel packages to version 3.0.0. on Debian testing. After that- updated grub. But after all this the old one kernel version[2.6.39-3] is booting. What can i do?
View 7 Replies
View Related
Jun 14, 2010
I have been searching the forum regarding info about the debian testing going into freeze, but cannot find specific info regarding some of the facts. I understand that after some time the testing version (squeeze currently) goes into "freeze" before it becomes the new stable. Now, what does freeze actually mean? Currently I'm running Squeeze, and updating as the update software suggests, and since first install, I got a new kernel image, some updates to applications I use etc etc. So, when testing goes into freeze, all updates are stopped and only bugfixes are released, am I right? But I'm curious about one thing, for example I have gnome DE with let's say network manager applet 0.8.
So when testing is done with freeze and becomes the new stable - does it include current versions of kernel and programs that were actual during freeze? Will I have network manager applet 0.8 after freeze is gone to stable, or will it revert to... dunnno 0.7.6 version? At this time I have kernel version 2.6.32-5-686 , when I first installed it was 2.6.32-3-686 , so when going into freeze then stable kernel won't be downgraded, right? Btw I'm not using Sid's repositories. Well I least I think I'm not, the sources.list doesn't include sid's repos... Well sid non-free is there.
View 10 Replies
View Related
Oct 1, 2010
I've been trying out a distribution based on Debian Squeeze, but what I'd really like to try is a minimal Debian distribution I can build from the ground up and customize as needed. I heard a lot of positive things about using netinst on machines that are usually hard to get regular installation disks to work on. Downloaded netinst for i386 this week from a link at [URL].. and attempted to install from scratch on my machine. I got past formatting my disk and was at the base install step. It keeps complaining about corrupt programs it can't install. I ran a check of the CD disk from the menu and it says there are no issues with the disk itself. I can see some basic directories and cdebootstrap installed on my hard disk. Would like to jump to installing kernel and grub or something and attempt to download some of the other programs later, but it won't let me bypass the step. Saw some articles about a Debian from Scratch project on the Internet, but doesn't look like it's active any more. What's the best way to get a minimal Debian distribution based on Squeeze installed to a hard drive? Should I just wait until the official release?
View 6 Replies
View Related
Apr 9, 2011
just installed testing on my netbook. my sources.list file all say wheezy. it was my impression that debian testings nickname was squeeze. are wheezy and squeeze the same thing?
View 14 Replies
View Related
Apr 13, 2011
Just switched from stable to testing. To run a pure testing, can someone tell me if I have all the necessary repos below?
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-4.0
View 5 Replies
View Related
Aug 4, 2011
I want to have most my system in Debian Stable and a few packages updated to a version that is not in Stable repos.For example Abiword. With the one in Debian Stable I have many issues.I could add Debian testing repos and update it, but then I will have to upgrade to testing a lot of programs that I didn't intended to upgrade.ex: Abiword in testing may requiere libc6(testing) and with that I would have to upgrade a lot of programs that will not work with a newer version of libc6.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Aug 8, 2011
I am running a Gnome desktop but do not have the gnome metapackage installed. Recently I have noticed updates wanting to install Gnome 3 versions of some of my applications including gnome-terminal and gnome-system-monitor. I want to stick with the Gnome 2 versions and Gnome 2 in general. Is there a way of doing this without reverting to Stable?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Mar 4, 2011
xfce 4.8 will be available in testing?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Nov 8, 2014
I wanted to play with Kali Linux, so since my T430 has two USB 3.0 ports I bought a USB 3 thumb drive and put the image on it.It boots fine and all, but I recently read that the T430 downgrades the USB port from 3 to 2 when you boot from a device connected to it.I followed instructions here: URL...
Code:
Select allroot@kali:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=./largefile bs=8k count=10000
10000+0 records in
10000+0 records out
81920000 bytes (82 MB) copied, 0.0670296 s, 1.2 GB/s
root@kali:~# sh -c "sync & echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
[code]....
View 3 Replies
View Related
Mar 30, 2010
I am interested in doing some testing for Fedora. I want to be able to test nightly builds of fedora. I currently am running F12 and depend on it to do daily work and don't want to risk breaking it just for testing. I wanted to know how fellow fedoraforum members do testing of new fedora builds? Do they have several root partitions to install a working and testing install? Do they put in a virtual machine?
View 3 Replies
View Related
