this is what i get while trying to empereor root # rm -rf /usr/portage/distfiles/* empereor root # rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/* rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/erc-cvs-4.1': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/ethereal-0.10.0a': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/gaim-0.75-r5': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/libpcap-0.8.1': Read-only file system also net-im/gaim selected: 0.75-r4 protected: 0.75-r5 omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging net-im/gaim-0.75-r4... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2391, in ? mydepgraph.merge(mydepgraph.altlist()) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1540, in merge retval=unmerge("clean", [xsplit[0]]) File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1746, in unmerge retval=portage.unmerge(mysplit[0],mysplit[1],portage.root,mysettings,unmerge _action not in ["clean","prune"]) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 2256, in unmerge mylink.unmerge(trimworld=mytrimworld,cleanup=1) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5112, in unmerge self.lockdb() File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 4983, in lockdb self.lock_pkg = lockdir(self.dbpkgdir) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 31, in lockdir return lockfile(mydir,wantnewlockfile=1) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 60, in lockfile myfd = os.open(lockfilename, os.O_CREAT|os.O_WRONLY,0660) OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/var/db/pkg/net-im/gaim-0.75-r4.port age_lockfile' i am geting this after upgrading glibc # qpkg -I -v -nc glibc sys-libs/glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117 sys-libs/glibc-2.3.3_pre20031222 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50_pre16 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117-r0,2.3.3_pre20031222-r0, 2.6.1-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1300MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apache2 apm avi berkdb cdr crypt cups emacs encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mod_php motif mozilla moznoirc mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sasl sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype webapp-config x86 xml2 xv zlib"
not only that ... x wont work no more .... and when checking filesystem fcsk could not correct all errors :(
do you happen to use reiser fs? what is the current status here?
i reinstalled , but whatever package i installed changed the permissions thats why i wasnt able to do nothin , and it was ext3 :) thank u though
