On Wednesday 19 June 2019 04:23:44 pm Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2019 Wed, 19 Jun 15:48:24 -0400 > > Gene Heskett scripsit: > > On Wednesday 19 June 2019 02:44:35 pm Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Sunday 16 June 2019 11:05:43 am Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Greetings; > > > > > > > > Over the last several days, kmail has gotten so unstable its not > > > > usable. Now tdewallet has also died, I have submitted 20+ crash > > > > reports, no reply, and I've no clue if it will even send this > > > > message. How about some help or an acnowlegement of the problem. > > > > I've rebooted, even re-installed all of kmail to no avail. I've > > > > also run memtest about 3 full cycles, no errors. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > > > Let me add a bit more info to this kmail thread. > > > > > > I just changed kernels on this machine, from 4.9.0.9-rt to > > > 4.9.0.9, without the rt. Kmail always has a cow over to folders > > > indices, so I expected to get a message about spam and spam-hold > > > which both get touched by external scripts or by me moving > > > messages around, but even if a nuke all the index files and then > > > start or restart kmail, it has the rebuild done in 15 minutes or > > > so. > > > > > > But not this time. And lsof |grep index|wc -l shows its gone > > > berzackers: gene@coyote:~/PublicA$ lsof |grep Mail|wc -l > > > 310 > > > gene@coyote:~/PublicA$ lsof |grep Mail|wc -l > > > 310 > > > gene@coyote:~/PublicA$ lsof |grep index|wc -l > > > 520 > > > gene@coyote:~/PublicA$ lsof |grep index|wc -l > > > 638 > > > And it just keeps growing the number. So I'm going to stop it, > > > and nuke then all. Then restart and time it. > > > > Back to a stable kmail, but it crashed about 2 secs after the first > > start. With zero indices it took 1:31 to start, but its still using > > a whole core at 100%, and the wc -l is growing by 10 or 20 almost > > everytime I rerun the lsof to get a new count > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 220 > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 240 > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 260 > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 270 > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 270 > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 280 > > > > And theres only about 41 directorys, but 2 of those have 16 and 18 > > subdirs so theres not quite 80 dirs all told. > > but there are 70147 msgs if I did it right, looks low. > > > > gene@coyote:~$ lsof |grep Mail|grep .index|wc -l > > 380 > > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have a bug. > > Now this might not be a solution for you, but attorny prints out every > email he receives and each he sends. then he build subdirectories of > physical folders. Think he has 50 meters of them ... > > Nik A sense of humor helps. Doesn't fix it, but the grin makes me feel better. And now I'd better go get my lady her daily dose of crossword puzzles, and a few cans of pork and beans. I thought I had some but didn't, took the pantry apart looking though when she wanted a teeny bowl for lunch. This girl has probably never tasted a good ribeye or filly mignon in her life. School teachers eat fast & cheap. Hard habits to break and I've been working on it for 30 years. Hopeless I tell you, hopeless. > > > > Back later with the results. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>