File system not writable or Read only File System errors

Robert F. Stockdale IV javabob at adelphia.net
Tue Apr 12 04:14:19 EDT 2005


Guess it wasn't Firefox. It suddenly became a read-only file system 
again and firefox was not loaded. Any one have any ideas?
Bob

Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:

> After rebooting I'm able to write. If I start up mozilla-Firefox then 
> the /home  and all sub directories become unwritable. Usually Firefox 
> will crash as well. So I've narrowed the problem to Firefox. However, 
> I still can't find out why it is doing this. I think if I compile 
> firefox from source and then install it, I may have better luck. Suse 
> has been giving me several problems lately such as corrupting my sound 
> card on YOU (Yast online Update).  It may be time to back it all up 
> and do a Gentoo install.  Just don't know if I can find the time. 
> Can't even find the time to fix the sound card trouble.
> Bob
>
> deadpoint wrote:
>
>> what are the permissions on the directory in questions, 'ls -ld .' 
>> can you touch a file within the same directory, 'touch test_file'?
>>
>> Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>>
>>> Only 65% used. I checked that before posting. Should have mentioned 
>>> that.
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hard drive filled up?
>>>>
>>>> Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone:
>>>>>    Recently I've been getting errors when I try to save files or 
>>>>> download programs. It claims my home directory is not writable or 
>>>>> it says it is a read only file system.  Has anyone experienced 
>>>>> this before? I don't know what has caused this.  I currently run 
>>>>> Suse 9.1 on a scsi workstation using the reiser file system. Any 
>>>>> ideas?
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>



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