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

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Damian,

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 1:12:42 AM, you 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

This sounds like your root system is mounted read-only. This can
happen due to an error during boot. Try booting of a linux cd/dvd or
usb stick and run fsck -f on the root device.

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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