On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:29:02 +0530 Aurko Roy <roy.aurko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:05 PM, P .NIKOLIC > <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Hi folks > > > > Having been in hospital for a while i updated this system a couple > > of days ago and am having some strange problems > > > > > > If i run pacman -Syu i get > > 7-of-9:/ # pacman -Syu > > :: Synchronising package databases... > > error: failed to update core (unable to lock database) > > error: failed to update extra (unable to lock database) > > error: failed to update community (unable to lock database) > > error: failed to update multilib (unable to lock database) > > error: failed to synchronise any databases > > error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database) > > error: could not lock database: Read-only file system > > > > mount gives > > > > 7-of-9:/ # mount > > proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > > sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > > dev on /dev type devtmpfs > > (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1990844k,nr_inodes=497711,mode=755) run > > on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755) /dev/sda3 > > on / type ext4 (ro,relatime,data=ordered) devpts on /dev/pts type > > devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) shm > > on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime) tmpfs on /tmp > > type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime) /dev/sda4 on /home type ext4 > > (rw,relatime,data=ordered) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 > > (rw,relatime) binfmt on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc > > (rw,relatime) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/pete/.gvfs type > > fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon > > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100) > > > > contents of /etc/fstab > > > > # > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information > > # > > # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0 > > UUID=34fd95b0-a146-47a8-8fa4-78dcedd8c127 /home ext4 defaults 0 1 > > UUID=49c2a61c-19e8-4f45-b8ef-72507d60ee06 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1 > > UUID=a1439104-fcea-4c90-b0fb-2340154a9eae / ext4 defaults 0 1 > > UUID=b25ccd70-a144-40af-8126-303d7333cdb4 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > 7-of-9:/ # uname -a > > Linux 7-of-9 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 09:14:51 CEST > > 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > Hints please where to look i have compared this system to the laptop > > and can see no major differences i have checked the drive it reports > > all ok > > > > Pete . > > > > > > > > -- > > Linux 7-of-9 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 09:14:51 CEST > > 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > What is the output of blkid? I recall reading a similar problem on the > forum (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137255) where the > problem was caused by an update to util-linux which had changed the > uuid of the root partition so that the root could not be correctly > remounted rw. > > Hope that helps. Hummm now that i had not checked out put is 7-of-9:/ # blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="49c2a61c-19e8-4f45-b8ef-72507d60ee06" TYPE="ext2" /dev/sda2: UUID="b25ccd70-a144-40af-8126-303d7333cdb4" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda3: UUID="a1439104-fcea-4c90-b0fb-2340154a9eae" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda4: UUID="34fd95b0-a146-47a8-8fa4-78dcedd8c127" TYPE="ext4" in this case thou they agree , my problem is mainly with /home . Thanks Pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 09:14:51 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
