RE: [cobalt-users] grep command gets "stuck"

["Andy Brown" <andy.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<SNIP>
> I first noticed the malfunction when the front LCD panel got "stuck"
> displaying  SETTING UP WEB SERVER... (or some such message)  
> and wouldn't
> respond to pressing and holding the  S  key on the front.
</SNIP>
<SNIP>
> What's going on here? Has my e/f/grep binary been damged?
> Any ideas anyone?  Do you suppose the system has been 
> compromised?  Should I
> install grep 2.5 on the system?  Will other things break if I do this?
</snip>

Okay,
First, this is pretty common. When I say, pretty common, I mean it happens all the time to our RaQ's, Qubes, etc from time to time. I believe its all down to how the LCD is used in the code by Cobalt. They use lock-files to determine when/who can write to the LCD. Although some actions cause the lock-files NOT to be checked, which is what I suspect has happened here.

Easiest is just to:
killall lcd-showip
then
killall lcdsleep

Give it a minute and see if it recovers. Typically they do, and start displaying IP's and stuff as per usual.

Unless you have a good reason, don't go upgrading packages on the RaQ, it tends to break more than it fixes.


Regards,

Andy
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