all files changed to read only

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Look in /var/log/syslog and see if there is any explanation of why.
>
> Colin
>
> On 9 January 2018 at 14:06, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > All of the files on my Ubuntu 16.04 box are read only.  This was not
> > something I chose to do.  Smartdisk says the disk is ok (short test).  At
> > least in come fodlers I can not change permission on that one folder.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > gary
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No "Pending Sectors."

In sys log  "GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport:
assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed"


Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Error creating thumbnail for
file:///media/gary16/C1E4-5C03/gary/Music/(05)%20Hijo%20De%20La%20Luna.mp3:
Unrecognized image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Unable to create loader for mime type audio/x-wav:
Unrecognized image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Error creating thumbnail for
file:///media/gary16/C1E4-5C03/gary/Music/fallero%20hymm.wav: Unrecognized
image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Unable to create loader for mime type audio/mpeg:
Unrecognized image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Error creating thumbnail for
file:///media/gary16/C1E4-5C03/gary/Music/O%20brother%20by%20bobbi%20Bailin.mp3:
Unrecognized image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: Down: Everything Downloaded|
Up: 256KB/sec, Remaining: 42 files, 51.4MB 3m 25s, status is UPLOADING
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: logging in
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Unable to create loader for mime type audio/x-wav:
Unrecognized image file format
Jan  9 08:01:34 gary16 gnome-session[1689]: (nautilus:1863):
GnomeDesktop-WARNING **: Error creating thumbnail for
file:///media/gary16/C1E4-5C03/gary/Music/valencia%20anthem%20voice.wav:
Unrecognized image file format


This can be related to PCloud (cloud sync) that I installed the other day.
I've written to them.   I'd been using their client for months then
upgraded to a paid account, as it seemed to work fine.  Then I updated to
their latest version and it's been acting oddly.


garyk
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