On Friday 24 June 2016 00:51:53 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:22:18AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But why should a powerdown as unceremonious as pulling the plug, > > have deleted /usr/bin/X? It doesn't grok at this site. > > File system corruption? Doubtfull. Two drives currently mounted, / is ext4, and /amandatapes is ext3. > What file system do you have? If it is something with a journal (ext4, > for example) I would be surprised. If it is something experimental or > less reliable (btfs, reiserfs?) then I wouldn't be surprised. I have 3 sshfs mounts of other computers, but given the power outages, they could not have been mounted as thats in my /etc/rc.local and only mounted when this machine is rebooted. I may have had up to 3 ssh -Y sessions that wasn't in active use at the time of the ups shutdown. > > All file systems can lose data if you interrupt them while updating > the file system, but some are more resiliant than others. I tend to > prefer the good old ext3 or ext4 standby over flashier, faster but > less resiliant newer file systems, and older, unjournaled file systems > like ext2. So do I, after a 2 install foray into reiserfs long before it was ready for everyday use. At least a decade back. And I need to see what it takes to convert the ext3 amanda uses to ext4. That just shows how long I have been using amanda. It was ext2 only back in the late 90's. :) > Have a look inside /lost+found (assuming /usr/bin is in the / > partition) and see if there's anything there. You may find all your X > files, and more, given generic names. Or you may find nothing at all. Its empty on both drives. So I am scratching my head yet. Thanks. 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) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>