On Sunday 2007-09-30 21:40:38 Globe Trotter wrote: > so what is the solution to this, as root? > > # updatedb > updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' failed. > Aborted > How much time does it take it to give this message? Generally speaking you should call /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron, which will tell updatedb what not to index (ex: /dev, /proc, /sys, /selinux, /tmp...). Maybe one of these pseudo filesystems is causing the problem, try mlocate.cron? -- Regards, Doncho N. Gunchev, GPG key ID: 0EF40B9E, Key server: pgp.mit.edu