Terminals not frozen, but won't execute certain commands
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If I open a terminal and type, lets say ll or ls, the terminal just does nothing. It isn't frozen, because I can cancel the command, but it just doesn't return the result of the command. This happens for any terminal I now open.
Certain commands work, others don't:
- htop, pwd, cd, ps -aux -- all work
- ll, ls and df -h -- don't work
I have killed all my user programs/terminals I had open and still no joy. I really don't want to restart the machine because it has other programs running under other users.
Is this a known issue/what can I do to fix it?
This is CentOS 7.4
centos fedora terminal
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If I open a terminal and type, lets say ll or ls, the terminal just does nothing. It isn't frozen, because I can cancel the command, but it just doesn't return the result of the command. This happens for any terminal I now open.
Certain commands work, others don't:
- htop, pwd, cd, ps -aux -- all work
- ll, ls and df -h -- don't work
I have killed all my user programs/terminals I had open and still no joy. I really don't want to restart the machine because it has other programs running under other users.
Is this a known issue/what can I do to fix it?
This is CentOS 7.4
centos fedora terminal
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
2
Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
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If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. Ifps auxworks, see if you have processes marked with statusD(uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).
– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
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Doeslsalways hang, or only for certain directories? Try egls /bin,ls /proc.
– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59
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If I open a terminal and type, lets say ll or ls, the terminal just does nothing. It isn't frozen, because I can cancel the command, but it just doesn't return the result of the command. This happens for any terminal I now open.
Certain commands work, others don't:
- htop, pwd, cd, ps -aux -- all work
- ll, ls and df -h -- don't work
I have killed all my user programs/terminals I had open and still no joy. I really don't want to restart the machine because it has other programs running under other users.
Is this a known issue/what can I do to fix it?
This is CentOS 7.4
centos fedora terminal
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
If I open a terminal and type, lets say ll or ls, the terminal just does nothing. It isn't frozen, because I can cancel the command, but it just doesn't return the result of the command. This happens for any terminal I now open.
Certain commands work, others don't:
- htop, pwd, cd, ps -aux -- all work
- ll, ls and df -h -- don't work
I have killed all my user programs/terminals I had open and still no joy. I really don't want to restart the machine because it has other programs running under other users.
Is this a known issue/what can I do to fix it?
This is CentOS 7.4
centos fedora terminal
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
edited Jun 8 at 22:09
Jeff Schaller
31.1k846105
31.1k846105
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
asked May 18 at 9:14
user997112
2974619
2974619
2
Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
2
If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. Ifps auxworks, see if you have processes marked with statusD(uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).
– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
2
Doeslsalways hang, or only for certain directories? Try egls /bin,ls /proc.
– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59
 |Â
show 3 more comments
2
Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
2
If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. Ifps auxworks, see if you have processes marked with statusD(uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).
– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
2
Doeslsalways hang, or only for certain directories? Try egls /bin,ls /proc.
– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59
2
2
Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
2
2
If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. If
ps aux works, see if you have processes marked with status D (uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. If
ps aux works, see if you have processes marked with status D (uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
2
2
Does
ls always hang, or only for certain directories? Try eg ls /bin, ls /proc.– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59
Does
ls always hang, or only for certain directories? Try eg ls /bin, ls /proc.– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59
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It sounds like your home directory is on a NFS share or similar, and your system is having problems accessing it. So commands like ls and df are hanging as they're not able to get information from the remote filesystem.
Make sure the NFS share is actually accessible and your machine has permission to mount the share.
answered May 18 at 11:40
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It sounds like your home directory is on a NFS share or similar, and your system is having problems accessing it. So commands like ls and df are hanging as they're not able to get information from the remote filesystem.
Make sure the NFS share is actually accessible and your machine has permission to mount the share.
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
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up vote
3
down vote
It sounds like your home directory is on a NFS share or similar, and your system is having problems accessing it. So commands like ls and df are hanging as they're not able to get information from the remote filesystem.
Make sure the NFS share is actually accessible and your machine has permission to mount the share.
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
It sounds like your home directory is on a NFS share or similar, and your system is having problems accessing it. So commands like ls and df are hanging as they're not able to get information from the remote filesystem.
Make sure the NFS share is actually accessible and your machine has permission to mount the share.
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
It sounds like your home directory is on a NFS share or similar, and your system is having problems accessing it. So commands like ls and df are hanging as they're not able to get information from the remote filesystem.
Make sure the NFS share is actually accessible and your machine has permission to mount the share.
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
answered May 18 at 11:40
rusty shackleford
1,145115
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Do you have remote file systems mounted? Certain kinds of fileserver network connection trouble look like commands hanging when accessing the unreachable mountpoint.
– Ulrich Schwarz
May 18 at 9:28
2
If it's about commands trying to access the disk, then either your disk I/O is stuck, your filesystem is b0rked, or there's just a huge load on disk I/O, making everything seem stuck. If
ps auxworks, see if you have processes marked with statusD(uninterruptible sleep / waiting for I/O).– ilkkachu
May 18 at 9:28
serverfault.com/questions/661548/…
– Kamaraj
May 18 at 9:29
@Kamaraj checked those, doesn't seem to be them
– user997112
May 18 at 9:50
2
Does
lsalways hang, or only for certain directories? Try egls /bin,ls /proc.– JigglyNaga
May 18 at 9:59