On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:36:34 +1200 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an annoying problem with my Lenny system. > I'm running KDE and the only thing not installed via apt-get is Opera > > After a few hours things start to fall apart, and i get a succession of > errors > all telling me that pretty much the same thing, that various things can no > longer be done because of all the files that had become read only. > > Not having a clue how to deal with this i inevitably reboot, however even > that > fails when mysql refuses to shutdown owing to not being about to write to a > lock file in /var/something, thus freezing and leaving little option but hit > the big nasty button on the front of the machine. > > Can anyone offer any clues? > > > > -- > :D > +6421374115 > www.millerton.co.nz
Hi Chris, Look in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and the output from dmesg | more This sort of behaviour is usually serious... I'd be getting a spare hdd ready and using this one as little as possible until you can copy it if I were you (: Good luck! Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
