gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57a76100.hantslug.org.uk.7856': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Mon Apr 21 16:37:57 2008 BST
gpg: using DSA key 20ACB3BE515C238D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 04:26:22PM +0100, Mark Johnson wrote:
> >> The Hard Drive lights comes on (not flickering, just on) for about a
> >> second, then it makes a "bzz-bzzz" sound like it's reading/writing
> >> really
> >> intensely
> >
> > Check your /var/log/messages . Urgently.
>
> I'm getting this in /var/log/messages when someone's status changes:
>
> Apr 21 16:24:00 laphappy kernel: [ 8229.327347] hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Apr 21 16:24:00 laphappy kernel: [ 8229.327358] hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40
> { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=116042025, high=6, low=15378729,
> sector=116042025
> Apr 21 16:24:00 laphappy kernel: [ 8229.327383] ide: failed opcode was:
> unknown
> Apr 21 16:24:00 laphappy kernel: [ 8229.327388] end_request: I/O error,
> dev hdc, sector 116042025
Yup, that's bad. Back up everything as soon as possible. There are
three possibilities here: the disk is dying, the cabling has gone bad,
or the controller has started to die. Of these, the former is by far
the most likely (although I've seen both of the other two).
Hugo.
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