5 Aug
2018
5 Aug
'18
10:23 a.m.
Hi Bill,
As Stefan noted, there's too much being changed and too little information
for us to help you. You probably have a quarter million or more files
on your system - enough files that if they were printed out they would fill
a small library. And you're changing things. And computers are very fussy
eaters. We have no idea what you have on your system so how can we tell
you where it is broken?
For best results start with a clean install and only change what you
understand. Thoroughly test one change before trying another. Keep
good backups so you can back away from mistakes.
On Sat August 4 2018 23:01:10 William Morder wrote:
Sorry to vanish in mid-thread; a combination of this
ongoing problem,
which forces me to reinstall my system every other day
Does the system run correctly after installing? Precisely what changes
to break things? Is your hardware reliable?
my home folder has remained essentially the same
through several
different operating systems
Don't restore your entire home folder - it contains lots of config that's
probably obsolete or incompatible. Restore only specific user files
such as documents, photos, music, etc.
I did find a cookie file with rw permissions only. (I
assume that this
ought to be rw-r-r, am I right?)
Probably not. There's no reason for other users to read your configs.
Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tXO-lock
As Stefan noted, this is where you should start. Check your syslog from
boot to this point to find an explanation of why your root filesystem
was either remounted read-only or was not remounted read-write.
This seems to be caused by some conflict between
Debian and Devuan packages.
This is somewhat unlikely as the two are very compatible and mostly identical.
--Mike