System partially unusable after power loss...

[Manuel Reimer]

Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> and two files with ELF header, which may be (a part of) library files, I
>> don't know, as the name wasn't restored.
>
> Having the xfs_repair output would be helpful.

I didn't save this...

> Was there a system software update just prior to the power loss?

The affected files have been updated some days/weeks before.

> Did your storage support IO barriers (i.e. was it lvm or md)?

No lvm, no md. A simple IDE drive.

> Buffered data is always lost on a power loss, but I'm not sure
> why you should see problems with system files unless they had
> just been written out (and not synced).

I fixed this system. The reason was this silly "kbuildsycoca" or better 
a config file, accessible by the user, using this PC. Seems like this 
"non system file" got corrupted in some way. A run of "kbuildsycoca 
--noincremental" fixed the config and the system was up and running again.

But why did xfs_repair restore files... For me it seems like xfs_repair 
restored an *old* version of openssl, which has been replaced by the 
system update process. This would mean: xfs_repair made a deleted file 
visible. Is this possible?

Yours

Manuel