morning update, using smart

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 17 March 2007, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>Michael Schwendt writes:
>> On 17/03/07, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> [root at coyote ~]# /usr/bin/fc-cache /usr/share/fonts
>>> /usr/share/fonts: failed to write cache
>>> /usr/share/fonts/bitmap-fonts: failed to write cache
>>
>> Are all those directories writable?
>
>All directories are writable by root.
>
>If these directories exist, check /var/log/messages for disk errors,
> then allocate some time for a brick replacement.

With a chmod -R 0777 /usr/share/fonts in effect, Sam, I'd certainly think 
so.

And the log is totally bereft of any usefull clues:

Mar 17 15:30:21 coyote ntpd[4146]: synchronized to 195.168.3.218, stratum 
2
Mar 17 15:34:41 coyote gconfd (root-28951): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 
28951 user 'root'
Mar 17 15:34:41 coyote gconfd (root-28951): Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 0
Mar 17 15:34:41 coyote gconfd (root-28951): Resolved 
address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source 
at position 1
Mar 17 15:34:41 coyote gconfd (root-28951): Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 2

And thats all 40 mnutes or more ago to right now. 16:13:something

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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