Re: gconf trouble/nautilus failure

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On 1/17/02 10:48 AM, "Ian T." <itschaotic yahoo ca> wrote:

> Wow.. hmm that seems like a pretty bleak outlook.  What would you do if you
> were me?  Reinstall the OS?

Yes. And you might even find you have to buy a new disk drive.

>>> [root localhost Ian]# find /etc -name 'gconf'
>>> /etc/gconf
>>> find: /etc/gconf/1: Input/output error
>>> find: /etc/gconf/schemas: Input/output error
>>> find: /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory: Input/output error
>> 
>> This is an extremely bad sign, however. Looks like your disk or
>> filesystem has been hosed.

These are low level errors, which normally can't result from programming
mistakes. You have to have a screwed up disk.

    -- Darin