I am receiving this error when I try to use the command updatedb: updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' failed. Aborted however locate does seem to work although how old the database is unknown any help with this would be appreciated.

On Saturday 28 July 2007 6:09:50 pm Vivek J. Patankar wrote: > Peter Reed wrote: >> I am receiving this error when I try to use the command updatedb: >> updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' failed. >> Aborted >> however locate does seem to work although how old the database is unknown >> any help with this would be appreciated. > It seems that I am also having the same problem. I ran updatedb in > verbose mode and the error comes with the same folder everytime. A > listing of the folder gives strange output. Output from my terminal below. > > /sys/module/nousb/parameters > updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' failed. > Aborted > [root@marvin parameters]# file /sys/module/nousb/parameters > /sys/module/nousb/parameters: directory > [root@marvin parameters]# cd /sys/module/nousb/parameters > [root@marvin parameters]# ls -l > ls: cannot access : No such file or directory > total 0 > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? > [root@marvin parameters]# > > I tried rpm -qf to determine which package creates the folder but it > says that the file is not owned by the package. > > Can you run updatedb -v and check if the result is similar/identical? > Yes this is the same place my run of updatedb is exiting. Same error as you with the same directory. Peter

On 7/28/07, Vivek J. Patankar <list307(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Can anybody else on the list verify this? What I would like to know is > the contents of the directory. Listing the directory gives me strange > output. I can confirm that it began with the 2.6.22 kernel on my system. John

Peter Reed wrote: > On Saturday 28 July 2007 6:09:50 pm Vivek J. Patankar wrote: >> Peter Reed wrote: >>> I am receiving this error when I try to use the command updatedb: >>> updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' >>> failed. >>> Aborted >>> however locate does seem to work although how old the database is >>> unknown >>> any help with this would be appreciated. >> It seems that I am also having the same problem. I ran updatedb in >> verbose mode and the error comes with the same folder everytime. A >> listing of the folder gives strange output. Output from my terminal >> below. >> >> /sys/module/nousb/parameters >> updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' >> failed. >> Aborted >> [root@marvin parameters]# file /sys/module/nousb/parameters >> /sys/module/nousb/parameters: directory >> [root@marvin parameters]# cd /sys/module/nousb/parameters >> [root@marvin parameters]# ls -l >> ls: cannot access : No such file or directory >> total 0 >> -????????? ? ? ? ? ? >> [root@marvin parameters]# >> >> I tried rpm -qf to determine which package creates the folder but it >> says that the file is not owned by the package. >> >> Can you run updatedb -v and check if the result is similar/identical? >> > Yes this is the same place my run of updatedb is exiting. Same error > as you with the same directory. Peter Can anybody else on the list verify this? What I would like to know is the contents of the directory. Listing the directory gives me strange output.

>> [root@marvin parameters]# cd /sys/module/nousb/parameters >> [root@marvin parameters]# ls -l >> ls: cannot access : No such file or directory >> total 0 >> -????????? ? ? ? ? ?

What I would like to know is the contents of the directory. Listing the directory gives me strange output.

Tim wrote: >> What I would like to know is the contents of the directory. Listing >> the directory gives me strange output. > > [root@bigblack ~]# cd /sys/module/nousb/parameters > [root@bigblack parameters]# ls -l > total 0 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2007-07-29 17:57 usbcore.autosuspend You're using the latest kernel. I was using 2.6.22.1-27.fc7. I felt that upgrading the kernel could help. But no joy. The problem persists. -- Regards, विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar) Registered Linux User #374218 Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) Linux 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 x86_64 My USB drives automount! :p