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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:45:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP41Qhtb+86Qe1GmiC4T6JDzWjHLythe4A=rrCTkoYu4w0Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150305122828.92dd1fe986cbb64d89517239@gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 +0000
> Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote:
>>
>> > > > > Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something
>> > > > > is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try
>> > > > > adding rw (and removing ro if present) to your kernel options.
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Ok, thanks. What file should I write these options to?
>> > >
>> > > Your bootloader config, that's where you specify the kernel boot
>> > > options.
>> >
>> > That's what I thought, however I use gummiboot. Can you give an
>> > example, to show your gummiboot config once again?
>>
>> Add it to the options line in the relavent file in /boot/loader/entries.
>>
>> Or test it first by pressing e at the menu and adding it there
>
>
> So any other idea on hhow to fix it? Anyone?

Can you please post the output of the following commands?

stat /lib64/rc

stat /lib64/rc/cache


  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-05 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-05  8:09 [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable German
2015-03-05  8:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-03-05 10:10   ` German
2015-03-05 12:34     ` Neil Bothwick
2015-03-05 12:37       ` German
2015-03-05 12:47         ` Neil Bothwick
2015-03-05 13:33           ` German
2015-03-05 17:28           ` German
2015-03-05 18:45             ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2015-03-05 19:08               ` German
2015-03-05 21:13                 ` Mike Gilbert
2015-03-05 21:28                   ` German
2015-03-05 10:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-03-05 10:22   ` German

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