suddenly filling of hd and no access to x

[Andrew Farris]

On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 20:43 -0400, Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> oh yes can boot up from live CD into xwindow but don't have
> permissions to delete any files or empty trash.  can't get to root
> either.

Define "can't get root". you mean from the liveCD, you can't get a root
terminal, or you cant access your root drive from the LiveCD?

Also, you said that ls "doesn't tell you anything". Does this mean that
ls has no output? (Also, try "ls -al" to see if maybe that gives you
something)

     1. When did you first notice this happening? 
     2. What was the last thing you did with the computer before this
        started happening? Was there an update or something else
        installed that may have broken it?
     3. Did/Do you install random software you find on the internet?
     4. Use Any 3rd-party repos?
     5. Did/Do you have a firewall up?
     6. Have you tried downloading/running chrootkit/rkhunter to see if
        they find anything? (sudo apt-get install chkrootkit rkhunter)

are you sure tha rm isn't actually removing anything? have you tried a
"touch testfile", "ls" then "rm testfile", "ls"? Of course, if ls isn't
working, then how could you?

Also, you might want to make sure that the hard drive itself isnt going
bad, or try to back up any important stuff, and run "fsck" to see if
theres filesystem issues.

Also, what does the /lost+found look like? you'll have to do a "sudo ls"
to see inside, provided that ls is actually giving output.

Hopefully this will help some. Let me know how it goes.

-- 
Andrew
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