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edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote: > On one system while it's running, something occurs which causes the > /entire/ Ubuntu (10.04 LTS) file system to become read-only. It was > first discovered two days ago when I tried to clear out the Trash > folder, when a window appeared indicating files were read-only. I then > opened the file manager and /every/ icon had a lock on it. > > At this point, the only options were to shut down or reboot. Upon doing > so, when the system comes back up, it goes straight into a file system > check, then when that has completed, the system reboots itself without > user intervention. > > Is there any possible explanation as to what (and why this) is > happening, or maybe something I can look at? > Had this happen running Ubuntu on my Thinkpad T61. Eventually got to the point where the fs was getting corrupted. I replaced the hard drive, assuming it was failing. The problem then resurfaced again a few weeks later. Replaced the drive again, same problem. Never did figure out what happened. I ended up loading CentOS and later Fedora on to the machine and have been happy ever since. Ryan
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