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...ting filesystem read-only Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in ext3_mkdir: Journal has aborted What is going on? How do I fix it? Regards, Jim The favour of a direct response is requested as I am a diges subscriber. -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited...

...cases. The places where the return value is not checked are(in the current kernel version): fs/ext3/inode.c ext3_clear_blocks 1829 fs/ext3/namei.c ext3_append 63 fs/ext3/namei.c ext3_delete_entry 1585 fs/ext3/namei.c ext3_mkdir 1745 fs/ext3/namei.c ext3_rename 2273 fs/ext3/namei.c ext3_rename 2328 I have attached the full text of errors reported by Coverity on kernel version 2.6.13, for reference. --- 1. Error reported in ext3/namei.c --- CID: 3549...

...prt+2a1f/a240> Trace; c01f3220 <cprt+2c40/a240> Trace; c0149314 <ext3_alloc_block+30/38> Trace; c0149636 <inode_getblk+d2/20c> Trace; c0148bbf <ext3_new_inode+6ef/7ac> Trace; c0149b27 <ext3_getblk+c7/244> Trace; c0149ccc <ext3_bread+28/118> Trace; c014bb4b <ext3_mkdir+117/634> Trace; c012ee8f <lookup_dentry+15f/1e8> Trace; c012f57d <sys_mkdir+e1/11c> Trace; c010a06c <system_call+34/38> Trace; c010002b <startup_32+2b/11e> Code; c0146885 <ext3_new_block+635/738> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c0146885 <ext3_new_block+635/738>...

Hi I have mailed about this previously, but back then it was not really confirmed, so I have let it be at that. Anyhow, problem is that for some reason 2.5/2.6 ext3 with HTREE support do not like what perl-5.8.0 does during installation. It *seems* like one of the temporary files created during manpage installation do not get unlinked properly, or gets into the hash (this possible?) and cause