On 5/7/10 10:56 AM, "m.roth at 5-cent.us" <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>>> Bowie Bailey wrote: >>>>> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>>>>> Brian wrote: >>>>>>>> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Bowie Bailey >>>>>>>> Bowie Bailey wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One of my servers has recently started giving an error every time >>>>>>>>> I run "aide --check". I ran it manually twice today with the >>>>>>>>> same results. The second time, I added the -V flag, but that >>>>>>>>> didn't give me anything useful. The system is currently running >>>>>>>>> CentOS 5.3. >>>>>>>>> >>> <snip> >>> >>>>>>> Suggest: Rename your current database, and aide -i to build a new >>>>>>> one, the aide -c to check it. >>>>>>> If that works (aide -c on new database) I'd suspect (pulling stray >>>>>>> thoughts out of /dev/chaos) that your current data base is corrupt >>>>>>> enough that you can't check it. >>>>>>> >>>>> I will try re-initializing the database. That's a good idea that >>>>> hadn't occurred to me for whatever reason... :) >>>>> >>>> No dice. I tried running 'aide --init' and it died with the exact same >>>> error. >>>> >>>> Maybe I should just try reinstalling it. Any other ideas? >>>> >>> mysqldump. Have you looked at the logs for mysql itelf? >>> >> What does mysql have to do with it? I don't have mysql installed on >> this machine. > > Sorry, don't know aide, but you mentioned a database. I was suggesting, in > a broader sense, dumping the database to a backup and rebuilding the > *entire* d/b, including the control files. >> >> However, the comment about looking at the logs pointed me to a related >> issue. I am seeing this in my logs: >> >> kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device >> kernel: dm-0: rw=0, want=4344463064, limit=126550016 >> >> Looks like I may have some corruption on the disk. When I get a chance, >> I'll take it down and run fsck to see if that will help. > > Ack! No, that doesn't look good at all. It's almost as though the disk is > full, or there's something that makes the kernel think it is. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Check the inode allocation on this box, it might well be that you have _space_, just no available inodes. -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239