This happened a few times now, I (soft) reboot and do the fsck thing and all is fine until it happens again. Any ideas? [root at test-dhcp ~]# yum remove bluez-libs bluez-utils Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Setting up Remove Process Resolving Dependencies <snip/> Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Erasing : bluez-utils 1/3 Erasing : bluez-libs 2/3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.py", line 376, in callback self._unInstStop( bytes, total, h ) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.py", line 479, in _unInstStop self.ts_done(h, action) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.py", line 307, in ts_done misc.unlink_f(self.ts_done_fn) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/misc.py", line 777, in unlink_f os.unlink(filename) OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/var/lib/yum/transaction-done.2010-05-06.15:18.05' error: python callback <bound method RPMTransaction.callback of <yum.rpmtrans.RPMTransaction instance at 0x9fddeac>> failed, aborting! [root at test-dhcp ~]# > /tmp/test -bash: /tmp/test: Read-only file system [root at test-dhcp ~]# mount -n -o remount,rw / mount: block device /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is write-protected, mounting read-only [root at test-dhcp ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 4105 MB, 4105175040 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 499 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 499 3903795 8e Linux LVM [root at test-dhcp ~]# > /boot/foo [root at test-dhcp ~]# rm /boot/foo rm: remove regular empty file `/boot/foo'? y [root at test-dhcp ~]# > /tmp/foo -bash: /tmp/foo: Read-only file system [root at test-dhcp ~]# Was tailing logs when it happened: [root at test-dhcp ~]# tail -f /var/log/dmesg /var/log/secure /var/log/messages /var/log/faillog ==> /var/log/dmesg <== md: ... autorun DONE. device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext3), uses xattr SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs Adding 917496k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:917496k SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts ==> /var/log/secure <== May 6 14:51:08 test-dhcp sshd[2237]: Server listening on :: port 22. May 6 14:51:08 test-dhcp sshd[2237]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. May 6 14:53:07 test-dhcp login: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) May 6 14:53:09 test-dhcp login: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1 May 6 15:04:05 test-dhcp sshd[2258]: Server listening on :: port 22. May 6 15:04:05 test-dhcp sshd[2258]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. May 6 15:04:28 test-dhcp sshd[2385]: Connection closed by 192.168.4.12 May 6 15:04:39 test-dhcp sshd[2387]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.4.12 port 4794 ssh2 May 6 15:04:40 test-dhcp sshd[2387]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) ==> /var/log/messages <== May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: Core ver 2.10 May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 31 May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8 May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized May 6 15:05:04 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8 May 6 15:05:05 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1 ==> /var/log/faillog <== ==> /var/log/secure <== May 6 15:05:51 test-dhcp sshd[2504]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.4.12 port 4795 ssh2 May 6 15:05:52 test-dhcp sshd[2504]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) ==> /var/log/messages <== May 6 15:06:46 test-dhcp yum: Erased: redhat-lsb May 6 15:07:41 test-dhcp yum: Erased: cups May 6 15:09:23 test-dhcp yum: Erased: avahi-compat-libdns_sd May 6 15:10:29 test-dhcp avahi-daemon[2383]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. May 6 15:10:29 test-dhcp avahi-daemon[2383]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fc00::30:18ae:6b84. May 6 15:10:29 test-dhcp avahi-daemon[2383]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.22.23. May 6 15:10:29 test-dhcp yum: Erased: avahi May 6 15:18:06 test-dhcp sdpd[2073]: terminating... May 6 15:18:06 test-dhcp hcid[2069]: Unregister path:/org/bluez May 6 15:18:06 test-dhcp hcid[2069]: Exit May 6 15:18:06 test-dhcp hidd[2210]: Exit May 6 15:18:07 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.2 May 6 15:18:07 test-dhcp kernel: Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast May 6 15:18:07 test-dhcp yum: Erased: bluez-utils -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.