Write-protected internal memory? (and other storage-related) - maemo.org

olemagnuskarlsen | # 1 | 2010-02-23, 10:12 | Report

Hi all.

I seem to have a little trouble. After copying some large mp3's (audio books) from External microSD to internal memory, I briefly became aware a warning (or just a) message.

"Something something jadajadajada... and will now be write-protected (and then for some reason I didn't read before it disappeared)".

So, i have a partally write-protected internal memory. Documents folder basically I think. And the internal storage is no longer accessible when connected to my PC.

1. What was the message?
2. How can I remove the write-protection?
3. Is there any way of accessing internal storage from Ubuntu?

Rob1n | # 2 | 2010-02-23, 11:08 | Report

Originally Posted by olemagnuskarlsen View Post

Hi all.

I seem to have a little trouble. After copying some large mp3's (audio books) from External microSD to internal memory, I briefly became aware a warning (or just a) message.

"Something something jadajadajada... and will now be write-protected (and then for some reason I didn't read before it disappeared)".

So, i have a partally write-protected internal memory. Documents folder basically I think. And the internal storage is no longer accessible when connected to my PC.

1. What was the message?
2. How can I remove the write-protection?
3. Is there any way of accessing internal storage from Ubuntu?

Not sure exactly what the message says, but I think it indicates that the filesystem has become corrupt. You should be able to fix that with the following (you'll need rootsh installed):

Code:

sudo gainroot
umount /home/user/MyDocs
fsck.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /home/user/MyDocs

olemagnuskarlsen | # 3 | 2010-02-23, 11:23 | Report

Originally Posted by olemagnuskarlsen View Post

1. What was the message?
2. How can I remove the write-protection?
3. Is there any way of accessing internal storage from Ubuntu?

I found that the problem was in a faulty insall of Easy-chroot-deb.

The message was displayed after trying to execute program synaptic-package-manager.

There was this error message also:

Code:

E: unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
E: The package list or status file could not me parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open()failed, please report.

W: Not using locking for read only file /var/lib/dpkg/lock]

1. (Translated from the norwegian message i got):
"Memory is write-protected untill it is repeared. Try to fix the memory using a USB cable connected to a PC. Backup all data before you preserve the excisting content in the memory"
2. Uninstall Easy-chroot-deb
3. After uninstalling 2. , just use USB as usual

Sorry. Hope it helps someone... I have been plundering this problem for a while. Glad I know what caused it.

olemagnuskarlsen | # 4 | 2010-02-23, 11:25 | Report

Originally Posted by Rob1n View Post

indicates that the filesystem has become corrupt. You should be able to fix that with the following (you'll need rootsh installed)

probably right. Alltough uninstalling it corrected the problem.