Anno v. Heimburg wrote:
> I lost access to the contents of my /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 directory.

Okay, fixed it. For the record, I downloaded the current Knoppix, booted it,
had reiserfsck check the partition. It did not report any fs corruption, so
I rebooted to gentoo. Sadly, errors on boot and a subsequent check now
revealed that I had "permission denied" on everything
below /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7. Willing myself to remain calm, I rebooted into
Knoppix, and had reiserfsck rebuild the tree. Problem gone.

My confidence in ReiserFS has taken a hit, though (The problem itself
together with the fact that after some googling, this problem turned out to
be on the FAQ-pages of a SuSE mailing list. FAQ pages. As in "frequently
asked". As in "frequently". Jesus.)

Anno