On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Chris Laprise <tas...@posteo.net> wrote:

> On 10/11/2017 04:05 PM, Chris Laprise wrote:
>
>> On 10/11/2017 11:00 AM, Franz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Chris Laprise <tas...@posteo.net
>>> <mailto:tas...@posteo.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On 10/10/2017 02:31 AM, Franz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Chris Laprise
>>>         <tas...@posteo.net <mailto:tas...@posteo.net>
>>>         <mailto:tas...@posteo.net <mailto:tas...@posteo.net>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             On 10/09/2017 08:48 AM, Franz wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Hello,
>>>
>>>                 Trying to save a long document I got an error.
>>>
>>>                 So tried to open a new document to copy there the
>>>         content of
>>>                 the older. But it gives an error: read only file system.
>>>
>>>                 Any idea why this applVM now decided to be a read only
>>>         file
>>>                 system? and if  is there a fix other than rebooting?
>>>                 Best
>>>                 Fran
>>>
>>>
>>>             It probably means there is a logical inconsistency
>>>         (corruption) in
>>>             that filesystem, or it filled-up. You can avoid the latter by
>>>             expanding the Private storage max size in the VM's settings.
>>>
>>>
>>>         It should be corruption, because there is plenty of space.
>>>
>>>         Anyway I had to reboot and after that it worked again even if
>>>         an alert of Python not working appears.
>>>
>>>         Is there some way to fix corruption cases?
>>>         Best
>>>         fran
>>>
>>>
>>>     Using 'fsck' on it might fix it. Before doing that, you may have
>>>     to re-mount the volume as read-only; or you could use qvm-block to
>>>     attach the private.img to a dispVM and then run fsck /dev/xvdi .
>>>
>>>
>>> The second seems easier, but the same I am confused. Is there a tutorial
>>> somewhere?
>>> Best
>>> Fran
>>>
>>>
>> I can explain the steps. You may wish to backup your appVM before
>> continuing.
>>
>> 1. Start a dispVM (I'll call it disp1). Your appVM should not be running.
>>
>> 2. In dom0 run 'qvm-block -A /var/lib/qubes/appvms/yourappvm/private.img'
>> Substitute 'yourappvm' in above command with the name of your appVM.
>>
>
> Correction: This command should be 'qvm-block -A disp1
> dom0:/var/lib/qubes/appvms/yourappvm/private.img'
>
>
>
Many thanks, it seems easy enough. I ordered some backup medium to backup
everything before trying.
Best
Fran

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