can't create /var/run/matrix-gui-e.pid

Srdjan Radulovic said:

As I can see after Linux boots is this message Starting Matrix GUI application/etc/rc5.d/S99matrix-gui-e: line 46: can't create /var/run/matrix-gui-e.pid: nonexistent directory and

If your root filesystem allow write your can create directory manually mkdir -p /var/run

Hi Kirill,

I can't create that folder, linux prevents me, this is message I get:
root@dm816x-evm:~# mkdir -p /var/run
mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/run': No such file or directory

This is list of devices in /var folder:

root@dm816x-evm:/var# ls -all
drwxr-sr-x    7 root     root         4096 Dec  9 07:54 .
drwxr-xr-x   19 root     root         4096 Feb 17  2012 ..
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     root         4096 Dec  9 09:13 backups
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Feb 17  2012 cache -> volatile/cache
drwxr-sr-x    7 root     root         4096 Dec  9 09:42 lib
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     root         4096 Dec  9 09:13 local
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Feb 17  2012 lock -> volatile/lock
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Feb 17  2012 log -> volatile/log
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Feb 17  2012 run -> volatile/run
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     root         4096 Dec  9 09:13 spool
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Feb 17  2012 tmp -> volatile/tmp
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root           40 Jan  1  2000 volatile

BR,

Srdjan

Srdjan Radulovic said:

root@dm816x-evm:~# mkdir -p /var/run
mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/run': No such file or directory

This is list of devices in /var folder:

root@dm816x-evm:/var# ls -all
.......................................
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Feb 17  2012 run -> volatile/run
..........................................
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root           40 Jan  1  2000 volatile

Ok, you have directory /var/run, it is a symlink on /var/volatile/run. Check directory /var/volatile and if it isn't contain directory run you can create it mkdir -p /var/volatile/run. If /var/volatile contain directory run recheck access right on it.

Also you can check mount options for /var in /proc/mounts, it must have rw.
As example, /proc/mounts from my system:
~ # cat /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / nfs rw,vers=2,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,hard,nolock,proto=udp,timeo=11,retrans=2,sec=sys,addr=192.168.255.1 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /tmp tmpfs rw 0 0
none /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
none /var/run tmpfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0

Hi,

this is what my /proc/mounts contains:

root@dm816x-evm:~# cat /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=101672k,nr_inodes=25418,mode=755 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/.splash tmpfs rw,relatime,size=40k 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,size=1024k,nr_inodes=8192,mode=755 0 0
/dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2 ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/mmcblk0p1 vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /var/volatile tmpfs rw,relatime,size=16384k 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=777 0 0
tmpfs /media/ram tmpfs rw,relatime,size=16384k 0 0

I checked if my /var/volatile contains directory run and it didn't contain nothing, it was empty. So I made new directory  mkdir -p /var/volatile/run, after a reboot I haven't made a progress. I still don't have no picture on monitor, only backlight. But after reboot, when I check /var/volatile directory run directory doesn't exist any more.

Regards,

Srdjan

Srdjan Radulovic, I think this is a another question ;)

Hi,

maybe it is, but my problem still stands :)...are you suggesting I should open a new one on forum?

BR,

Srdjan