[SOLVED] Input/output error on a some libs (Qt and wx) since few days

Hello,
I got some strange errors when doing an upgrade of my system since few days :
[victor@goldmund ~]$ LANG=C ls -al /usr/lib/ >/dev/null
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0.5.0: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtGui.so: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtTest.so.4.5.0: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtAssistantClient.so: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtSvg.prl: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.8.so.0: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_stc-2.8.so: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtXmlPatterns.so: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtSql.so.4.5.0: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtTest.so.4: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libQtUiTools.a: Input/output error
I am not sure it is arch fault, but since I don't think I have a disk problem (dmesg doesn't show errors), I thought that maybe there was a problem with the packages or something else ...
I tried to remove these files and reinstall the package, but I can't (rm show me the Input/output error).
Thanks
Last edited by kaouete (2009-05-09 12:58:42)

djgera wrote:
yes. Reboot with force fsck to check your filesystems. (I asume that you use ext2/3/4)
shutdown -F -r now
You were right, there was a problem with the filesystem (there was no badblock, I checked, so I guess (hope) it was only logical).
Got a bunch of errors about flag that should not be set (extend, compress) and size that should not be good, and also errors on the files I mentioned above.
I reinstalled the corresponding package and I did not got the errors I was getting before.
So I guess (hope again :) that all is alright now.
Thank you !

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Messages in the Console seem to indicate something wrong with 'USB transactions passed their expiration point' and 'USB cannot enumerate something', but these statements are a bit cryptic to me. Perhaps an Apple system engineer can someday shed some light here.
thanks much for any assistance.

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Hi,
I'm trying to set up frequency scaling on my Intel i5 760 as per the wiki.
The only problem is I can't seem to load the acpi_cpufreq module!
# modprobe acpi_cpufreq
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko.gz): Input/output error
There is no additional output in dmesg from this error.
I'm running x86_64 btw, and I notice that it's trying to load an x86 module, could this have anything to do with it?
Thanks!

Hi
Did you find a solution? I'm having exactly the same problem with acpi-cpufreq. (eeepc 900). I tried modprobing the p4_clockmod as well, which some older posts say is required for my machine, but I got the same error.
Both modules appear to be available -
ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/
acpi-cpufreq.ko.gz gx-suspmod.ko.gz mperf.ko.gz powernow-k6.ko.gz speedstep-ich.ko.gz
cpufreq-nforce2.ko.gz longhaul.ko.gz p4-clockmod.ko.gz powernow-k7.ko.gz speedstep-lib.ko.gz
e_powersaver.ko.gz longrun.ko.gz pcc-cpufreq.ko.gz powernow-k8.ko.gz speedstep-smi.ko.gz
Last edited by belbo (2011-06-11 11:07:50)

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I just figured out how to get around the problem. Download Burn and use it to burn the VIDEO_TS file to a new disk. It must be something that Apple adds to make it hard to copy DVDs made from non-Apple software.

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I was using my OWC 300gb external hard drive for a while and it's worked great. I had a bunch of files on it, but I recently transferred everything to another external HD I have, which worked fine, so I could erase this 300gb one. I can't remember what happened, but somehow my Macbook doesn't recognize this hard drive. I think erased everything and then unplugged it without ejecting it first. Anyways, nothing is on the the drive anymore and I get this error message:
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This pops up when I restart my Macbook. When I try to use Disk Utility, it greys everything out on the partition and Disk Repair tabs. On the 'Erase' tab, it will allow me to select Erase, but then gives me the error:
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Hi there. Everyone is saying on these forums that the hard drive is failing...suck. I went and bought a new when I got input/output error and found that the new one showed the same input output error, making it impossible to partition the disk. Then the guy in the apple service center told me the new one was bad too, after having seen the code that came up related to my new scorpio 250 GB drive. Instead of sending it back, I took it out and installed the old one..however this time with a slihtly more of pressure on the tape holding down the hard drive cable between the hard drive and the circuit board. Amazingly, this time it didn't even show any hard drive at all! Then I understood what was wrong. It was exactly what was indicated an "input/output errror"! ..the cable was broken. I bought a new cable, well the Powerbookmedic sold it as new but it was an old working one that arrived. Immediately, after change of cable the old hard drive and now also the new 250 GB works perfectly! I remember that some interesting symptoms prior to all hard drive problems appeared, such as not being able to start up properly, strange blue screens, flipping question marks etc. I remember that shaking the comp occasionally worked to get it going. No wonder, shaking occasionally made it work and i believe the damaged cable maybe changed position and started conducting. The cable is very sensitive and probably should not be taped down so hard as the first service center guy at apple had done with mine when he fixed it the comp a few years ago. Polymers/plastics bent heavily become fragile/brittle with time and are specially sensitive under pressure/bent. Note that my old damaged cable still conducted and showed the hard drives but didn't work fully. I hope this will help someone, it took me 2 month to figure out..

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Sometimes when I use my i can't acces to any file on my hdd and i get input/output error when i type commands in console(i even can't halt or reboot). This is used to happen suddenly after few hour of work in one session (not always, it happend three times during last week)
When i get this error the hdd control led is on (I have ibm x60s with ssd hard disc, and normaly this diod only blink sometimes, bbut when i get this error , diod is the whole time floodlite. I didn't any similar problem in google so i posted it here.

Welcome to the forums.
Not exactly alot of info to go on here. Try reading up on the "How to post" article on the wiki.
As for the trouble at hand. With the limited info given, I'd say start off with running some health checks on your disk (smartctl, fsck,...).
Last edited by Gcool (2012-03-29 05:23:32)

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