#5494 BLOC Update.: Uruguay laptops fail to launch activities; datastore corruption

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#5494: Uruguay laptops fail to launch activities; datastore corruption
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  Reporter:  kimquirk   |       Owner:  tomeu   
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  blocker    |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  datastore  |     Version:          
Resolution:             |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0          |  
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Comment(by kimquirk):

 Here is the testing that Ivan outlined:
  * create journal items
  * open a console:
 echo -n > /home/olpc/.sugar/default/datastore/store/index/config
  * This should cause serious problems to the datastore
  * reboot sugar
  * open journal and see that the items are still there

 Another form of corruption can be created with:

  dd if=/dev/nrandom bs=1M
 of=/home/olpc/.sugar/default/datastore/store/index/config count=1

  * reboot sugar
  * in this case the journal should have nothing in it; but activities can
 load and you can continue. The corrupt datastore has been moved out of the
 way.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5494#comment:6>
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