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

[Damian]

On 17/09/2014 02:14, Michael Watson wrote:
> On 17/09/2014 11:01 AM, Damian wrote:
>> On 17/09/2014 00:33, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Tot mails,
>>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> Thanks Hika,
>>
>> I'll try that tomorrow!
> The output of "mount" (without any arguments) will tell you whether its
> mounted ro or not.  It should give you something like
>
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
>

Here's the output of 'mount':

mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/sda4 on /tv type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /files type ext4 (rw)
rpc_pipefs on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)