Bug#493957: Bug#491737: installation-reports: Succesful install on QNAP TS-109 Pro II
* Timo Jyrinki <timo.jyrinki@iki.fi> [2008-08-06 14:50]:
> I can confirm that 2.6.26 does not have the eSATA hang problem anymore. So
> I can attach the external disk closure to either USB or eSATA without
> problem attaching/mounting.
Timo, do you think you could report these problems directly to
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> However, I still have the same problem with some of the directories on the
> disk, regardless of whether it's attached via USB or eSATA. I tried the
> following, all actions done on my laptop and then checked the result when
> attaching the disk to the QNAP:
>
> 1. Tarring a few problematic directories and untarring on ext3-formatted
> USB stick, same directory structure
> : Does not show the problem on the USB stick.
> 2. As above, but untarring on the same disk in different directory
> : Does not show the problem
> 3. As above, but removing the problematic dirs in place and untarring from
> the archive
> : The problematic directories stay problematic
> 4. Moving a few problematic dirs to another directory
> : They start working
> 5. Creating a few additional dirs in the original directory, then moving
> the moved directories back to the original directory too
> : The created dirs work, but the moved-back dirs are again problematic
> 6. Sorted by inode ls -i, the problematic dirs are not sequential.
>
> Ok, so I couldn't figure out anything, but now while I'm writing this I
> tried ls -U, ie. unsorted ls, and found out that all the problematic dirs
> are in sequential order, with line numbers 60-68. There was actually a
> ninth problematic directory, which I moved now away while testing. But now
> there are only eight problematic dirs.
>
> It does not seem to be related to those index numbers though, since I
> found other unaccessible subdirectories in other places. Curiously, I
> found that I had two subdirectories under different directories which had
> the same name "näytettävät" ("to be shown"), and both of them were
> unaccessible. Both of them were second of two subdirectories (among files)
> respectively, when viewing with ls -U.
>
> Attached is output (cutted in places marked as such) of ls -l and ls -U
> in the original problematic directory.
>
> Can you think of anything that could cause the problem, or any low level
> information on those directory entries I could somehow extract?
>
> As a sidenote, as only stderr messages have correctly formed non-ascii
> characters, kernel / something seems to lack some charset support. When
> going into directories with eg. cd A[tab], non-ascii characters are
> correctly shown.
>
> -Timo
> debian:/# ls -l mnt/CDt/
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/CMX - Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Ã? - Metri: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Celebrating Wood and Metal: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2): No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1): No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Vespertine: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Röyksopp - The Understanding: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Telegram: No such file or directory
> ls: cannot access mnt/CDt/Björk - Jóga: No such file or directory
> total 568
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 5 2006 AFX - Hangable Auto Bulb
> ---cut---
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 1 2005 Bj??rk - Army of Me remixes and covers
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Bj??rk Gu??mundsd??ttir
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - Celebrating Wood and Metal
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2006 Bj??rk - Debut Mixes
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 2007 Bj??rk - Drawing Restraint 9 Soundtrack
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1)
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2)
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? Bj??rk - J??ga
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Possibly Maybe (CD 2)
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 2005 Bj??rk - Post
> ---cut---
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 2006 ??lymyst?? - Atomgrad
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? ?? - Metri
> debian:/# ls -U mnt/CDt/
> ---cut---
> Rinneradio - G
> CMX - Musiikin yst??v??lliset kasvot
> ?? - Metri
> Bj??rk - Celebrating Wood and Metal
> Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD2)
> Bj??rk - It's Oh So Quiet (CD1)
> Bj??rk - Vespertine
> R??yksopp - The Understanding
> Bj??rk - Telegram
> Bj??rk - J??ga
> Cranberries - No Need to Argue
> ---cut---
>
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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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