Hi all when trying to access the web through firefox I get an access denyed error from the proxy server. I have tried to restart squid as listed below and get the following errors:- [root@athlon init.d]# cd /etc/init.d [root@athlon init.d]# ./squid status squid dead but pid file exists squid: ERROR: Could not send signal 0 to process 2828: (3) No such process [root@athlon init.d]# ./squid stop Stopping squid: ./squid: line 84: /var/log/squid/squid.out: Read-only file system [FAILED] [root@athlon init.d]# echo temp > /var/temp bash: /var/temp: Read-only file system [root@athlon init.d]# mount /dev/hda4 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/hdg1 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/hde3 on /var type ext3 (rw) /dev/hde1 on /home type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdf1 on /mnt/hdf type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdh1 on /tracks type ext3 (rw) /dev/hda3 on /windows/C type vfat (rw,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000) /dev/hde2 on /windows/D type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdg2 on /windows/E type vfat (rw,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000) /dev/hda5 on /windows/F type vfat (rw,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000) /dev/hda6 on /windows/G type vfat (rw,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) /proc on /var/named/chroot/proc type none (rw,bind) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) //athlon-64/athlon-64(C) on /athlon-64/C type smbfs (0) automount(pid2195) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2195,minproto=2,maxproto=4)nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) mount obviously sees /var on /dev/hde3 as read-write on the last reboot I got the following messages in /var/log/messages:- Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: smartd version 5.33 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed. Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hda, opened Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hda, not found in smartd database. Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hde, opened Feb 17 15:12:31 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hde, found in smartd database. Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hde, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdf, opened Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdf, found in smartd database. Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdf, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdg, opened Feb 17 15:12:32 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdg, found in smartd database. Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdg, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdh, opened Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdh, found in smartd database. Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdh, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Monitoring 5 ATA and 0 SCSI devices Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hde, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 15:12:33 localhost smartd[2202]: Sending warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... Feb 17 15:13:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: successful Feb 17 15:13:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 15:13:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Sending warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... Feb 17 15:14:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: successful Feb 17 15:14:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 17 15:14:36 localhost smartd[2202]: Sending warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... Feb 17 15:15:37 localhost smartd[2202]: Warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: successful Feb 17 15:15:37 localhost smartd[2202]: Device: /dev/hdg, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 15:15:37 localhost smartd[2202]: Sending warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... Feb 17 15:16:37 localhost smartd[2202]: Warning via mail to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: successful Feb 17 15:16:38 localhost smartd[2621]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=2621. Feb 17 17:16:38 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hde, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 17:16:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 17:16:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 17 17:16:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdg, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 17:46:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hde, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 17:46:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 17 17:46:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdf, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 17 17:46:40 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdg, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors since this last reboot everything seemed to run OK until this morning the last part of /var/log/messages reads:- Feb 22 08:01:01 localhost kernel: SMB connection re-established (-5) Feb 22 08:16:39 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hde, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 22 08:16:49 localhost kernel: hdf: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Feb 22 08:16:49 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 Feb 22 08:16:49 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdf, not capable of SMART self-check Feb 22 08:17:03 localhost kernel: hdf: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Feb 22 08:17:03 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 Feb 22 08:17:03 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdg, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 22 08:46:38 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hde, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 22 08:46:54 localhost kernel: hdf: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Feb 22 08:46:54 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 Feb 22 08:46:55 localhost smartd[2621]: Device: /dev/hdg, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 22 09:01:01 localhost mount.smbfs[2049]: [2006^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ is it smartd? how can I clear the 'unreadable (pending) sectors'? I have done a mkfs on /dev/hdf1 & I have tried running fsck on /dev/hdf1 with the -c -c options but it finds no errors. the partition/file system is empty of data. anyone got any ideas what is going on? laurence