[mythtv-users] Very strange problems .. please help!

[Damian]

On 17/09/2014 00:37, Joseph DeGraw wrote:
> On 09/16/2014 07:12 PM, Damian wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I've been using Mythbuntu for years and currently have version 12.04.5
>> LTS of Xbuntu/Mythbuntu installed on my home server.
>>
>> The system has been very stable for a long time, but I have
>> encountered some trouble tonight!
>> It seems like all of the disks are write protected or something.
>>
>> I have run
>> sudo mount -o rw,remount /
>> (found online)
>> on all of the drives, but that doesn't seem to help.
>>
>> Here's the output of df -h (again, that command online)
>> df -h
>> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/sda1        15G  8.6G  5.4G  62% /
>> udev            3.8G  4.0K  3.8G   1% /dev
>> tmpfs           787M  1.3M  785M   1% /run
>> none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
>> none            3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /run/shm
>> /dev/sda4       189G  108G   72G  60% /tv
>> /dev/sdb1       1.8T  1.5T  269G  85% /files
>>
>> A few other observations that might help track down the problem ...
>>
>> A) If I try to add anything in Synaptic, I get the error:
>> E: Can't write /root/.synaptic/selections.proceed
>> and one of the lines I see in the terminal is:
>> socket.error: [Errno 28] No space left on device
>>
>> B) If I try to create a file in my home directory, using nautilus get
>> the error:
>> There was an error creating the directory in /home/gingerserver.
>> and
>> Error opening file '/home/homeserver/Untitled Document': No space left
>> on device
>> in 'show more details'
>>
>> C) If I try to run Dropbox, I see ...
>> IOError: [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp',
>> '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/home/homeserver']
>> in the terminal.
>> I then see a 'Downloading Dropbox' graphic pop up and scroll all the
>> way to 100%. As soon as it gets to 100%, the GUI says:
>> Trouble connecting to Dropbox servers. Maybe your internet connection
>> is down, or you need to set your http_proxy environment variable.
>>
>> D) If I try to open Firefox, the terminal says:
>> ** (firefox:5407): ERROR **: Resource problem creating
>> '/tmp/orbit-homeserver'
>> Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
>>
>> Although I have been using Mythbuntu for years, I know almost nothing
>> about the command line. Everything I've entered above has been from
>> trying to find a solution online and simply copying and pasting the
>> command.
>>
>> I have been close to backing up this system before upgrading it to the
>> latest version of Mythbuntu. I assume I should try to get this fixed
>> before I start upgrading now!
>>
>> Let me know if you have any ideas what to do next.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Damian
>>
>>
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> You ran out of disk space on / ?
>
> Joseph

Hi Joseph,

Unless I'm missing something, the df -h output says that 5.4 Gig is 
available.

At the time of the problem first happening, there was only about 1 Gig 
available. I cleared a bit of space since then.

Regards,
Damian