[kde-linux] Can't login via kde - hangs when "initializing peripherals"

[david]

I kind of thought you were at the point of reinstalling ... ;-)

David Scriven wrote:
> No, this problem has nothing to do with the kernel
> update - it preceeded that. In any case both fstab
> and mtab show / as rw. The problem is fixed by a
>  
> mount -remount /dev/sda7 / 
> 
> Note that this particular problem (/ becomes ro) only 
> occurs when you startx as root.
> 
> There is something really weird going on - I'm getting
> to the point where a reinstall would be quicker than
> trying to sort this out.
> 
> --- Boyan Tabakov <blade.alslayer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 07:27:15PM -0400, David Scriven wrote:
>>> waiting for X server to shut down
>>>
>>> rm: cannot remove `/root/.serverauth.2949': Read-only file system
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Note that '/' has become read-only.
>>>
>>> Does this give anyone a clue to what is happening?
>>>
>> Hi,
>> If / is really read-only you won't be able to log in. Check if this
>> is true with:
>> $ mount
>> and see if the options for / say 'rw' or 'ro'.
>> To modify how the root file system is mounted edit the /etc/fstab
>> file.
>> Strange enough - this shouldn't be happening... maybe when you
>> updated the kernel, the fstab file got overwritten?

-- 
David
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