On Sunday 05 August 2018 03:23:13 Mike Bird wrote:
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.
Although, yes, I probably have too much installed, I do this because I test a lot of different software, then strip down to what I want. For example, I try out all the different media players, but I don't keep them all.
I think maybe you are interpreting my words too literally, though. I backup my home directory, as well as parts of etc, and certain config files, to another hard drive. I don't generally overwrite my home folder and start with a fresh installation, unless I run into obstacles that defeat all my efforts.
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?
Not sure what you mean by changing things. As I said, I keep what works and has been stable; which is why I backup my home folder, then look to copy over my configuration where it is possible. I don't want to keep reinventing the wheel.
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?
Everything runs fine until I change to TDE. I install Debian, migrate to Devuan, purge LibreOffice, then reboot. Then I install TDE and reboot. It is usually on the second reboot, after I have installed TDE packages, that I see this error.
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 restore config files, settings, and so on, unless they give me problems. I understand what you're saying, but if I wanted to start from scratch every time, and could not modify my system, then I might as well run Windoze.
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.
I will keep an eye on this, as in any case something is causing this issue. If I can find what is making the root filesystem read-only, that will solve the problem.
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.
Yes, thanks, I am combing through my syslog files.
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.
I think it's partly because I migrate to init, but cannot entirely get rid of systemd stuff.
--Mike
Thanks for your patience, and detailed response.
Bill