On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Billy Crook <bcrook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> usually a disk failure when that happens out of the blue. try writing to
> /dev/shm/ if you have to save a file. (That's a virtual fs in memory, so
> be advised it will disappear on reboot.) check dmesg for errors.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Wes James <comptekki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I have installed emacs with yum and now I'm trying to create a .emacs
> file
> > and put some commands in it, but I can't type anything in the emacs
> > buffer. It says the buffer is read-only. I exited emacs and did touch
> > .emacs and I get a message that it can't do that on a read-only file
> > system. I googled around to see why this might be, but I can't see any
> > links on this. Any tips why this might be doing this? I've heard that
> > centos is strict on changes, but I don't know the extent it restricts
> > changes. I followed a page where I did echo 0 >/selinux/enforce . But
> > this is only good until reboot. But shouldn't I be now able to make
> changes
> > in ~*
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -wes
> > __
>
That was it. This is an old mac pro that I put centos on yesterday. It
had 4 disks in it and this is the 3rd that has died. A faculty member had
it for 5-6 years and it was on 24/7. It's been in the junk pile for
several months. I guess long enough for the disks to go south from sitting
on so long then going off for a period... maybe.... Anyone heard of this?
Thanks,
Wes
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