after suspend to RAM -- unable to unlock or startx

Galib · 03-10-2010, 03:33 AM

I am using Slackware 13 x86_4. I have it set so that when I close my lid, it suspends to RAM. When I open my lid, it asks for password, but after I enter it, it freezes. I force KDE down by Ctrl+Alt+Backspace then read the errors. It says:

Code:

xauth: error in locking authority file /home/ridwan/.Xauthority
rm: cannot remove '/home/ridwan/.serverauth.3457': Read-only file system

When I try to startx again, it says

Code:

/usr/bin/startx: line 158: cannot create temp file for here document: Read-only file system 
/usr/bin/startx: line 174: cannot create temp file for here document: Read-only file system 
/usr/bin/startx: line 174: cannot create temp file for here document: Read-only file system 

Fatal server error: 
Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX0-lock

xauth: error in locking authority file /home/ridwan/.Xauthority
rm: cannot remove '/home/ridwan/.serverauth.4151': Read-only file system

It forces me to power off the laptop by holding down the power button. When I try ctrl+alt+delete, I get an error saying "can't execute from /sbin/shutdown/"

Thanks!

tallship · 03-10-2010, 03:51 AM

This thread might lend some insight into your problem, Although I see you're actually running Windows 7

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...suspend+laptop

Hope that helps

Galib · 03-10-2010, 11:45 AM

It looks as though that everything is getting changed to read only after suspending to RAM. Even if I run

Code:

echo mem > /sys/power/state

it will start back to the desktop but things become unusable. :\

Galib · 03-10-2010, 08:13 PM

I've used Sasha's script and although it will allow me to resume my system after suspending to RAM, I have the same error with KDE. Whenever I try to open Home or click on any buttons, it doesn't allow it saying that it is "malformatted". I shut down x and try to restart again, followed by the same Read-only file system errors.

Here's what I get in konsole after my computer is revived from ./suspend mem using Sasha's script.

Code:

Cannot open '/var/log/kernel' for reading: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/tail: no files remaining
./suspend: line 249: /bin/killall: Input/output error
err, eth0: open '/etc/dhcpc/hdcpcd-th0.pid' : Ready-only file system
rm: cannot remove '/var/run/suspend2_logpid' : Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove '/var/run/suspend2_forkpid' : Read-only file system

It seems to me after my computer suspends and returns to KDE, the entire HDD is read-only? I am unable to run any commands. I am using an NVIDIA 8000 M Video card with the latest drivers, on a Compaq CQ-60.

Thanks again!

Galib · 03-11-2010, 10:56 AM

Bump!

jamescondron · 03-11-2010, 10:57 AM

well /etc/mtab will tell you if it's all ro

Galib · 03-11-2010, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamescondron

well /etc/mtab will tell you if it's all ro

I just restarted my system and looked at mtab, looks as though everything has r/w permissions. The problem seems to occur after I suspend to RAM.

jamescondron · 03-11-2010, 11:05 AM

Well, replicate it and lets see if it is doing so

Galib · 03-11-2010, 11:06 AM

Sure, give me a sec. I am going to suspend to RAM then look at mtab. I will probably have to hard reset afterwards, so it'll be a min.

Thanks again.

Galib · 03-11-2010, 11:15 AM

This is what my /etc/mtab looks like, before and after suspend to RAM (the seconds I have before I have to hard reset).

Code:

/dev/root / ext4 rw,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0

jamescondron · 03-11-2010, 11:18 AM

Okay, then its the script that has the problems

Give me a few minutes and I'll see what I can do with it

jamescondron · 03-11-2010, 11:23 AM

Have you editted this script? Line249, as reported, is giving an error with killall, which isn't on this line in the script provided.

Also, can you give me the exact command you're running for this?

Galib · 03-11-2010, 11:27 AM

Sure. With Sasha's script, I am doing

Code:

su
password
./suspend mem

That makes my system suspend to RAM sucessfully, it looks like. When I go to wake it up via key press, the

Code:

./suspend: line 249: /bin/killall: Input/output error

appears along with the others. I am unable to run any other commands after the system starts up, not even shutdown, giving me the same error.

My line 249 is

Code:

[ "$(ps ax | grep dhcpcd)" ] && killall -q dhcpcd

Thanks again

jamescondron · 03-11-2010, 11:29 AM

Odd; you can't type anything on the screen?

Galib · 03-11-2010, 11:33 AM

After my computer is revived from suspend to RAM, my KDE screen slowly deteriorates, forcing me to Ctrl+Alt+Backspace my way into the terminal. Once in the terminal, if I try to startx I get the errors I posted in the original post. If I try to run any other commands, such as shutdown -h now, I get errors like can't execute from /sbin/shutdown -- Input/output error. I also checked the entire / directory with ls -l, everything has the proper accessibility for root, even though root can not run anything either.

EDIT:
I am using Sasha's script from here.