[SOLVED] Can't save a file now.

[RLynwood]

I don't know what I or something did, but now I can't save a file to Dolphin. When I try to save a file, I get this pop-up: "Configuration file "/home/lynn/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator.?" I'm the administrator, of course. So I tried to change the writability for "others" and got this pop-up: "Could not change permissions for /home/lynn/Documents/1.Personal/1.Money/Purchases." This pattern occurs no matter what file I try to save for from what source (I've tried only web browsers so far). Will someone please tell me how to solve this?

[claydoh]

Check to see if your drive is full.

[Schwarzer Kater]

… or if you have run out of inodes.

[RLynwood]

I have 116 Gb free. What are inodes?

[RLynwood]

I just noticed that after a wait of about 15-20', I spontaneously get this pop-up message while I'm watching a video: "Configuration file "/home/lynn/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator." Something seems wrong with the desktop. I'm going to try logging out & back in and see what happens.

[claydoh]

I have 116 Gb free

Is that your whole drive, or is that your /home partition, if you have a separate one?

Also, who 'owns' the files?

lets see:

ls -la ~/.config

and

df -h

Run any GUI applications recently using sudo, by any chance?

[RLynwood]

Your first cmd string yielded ...

total 372
drwxr-xr-x 1 lynn lynn 2586 Mar 15 19:05 .
drwxr-x--- 1 lynn lynn 604 Mar 15 19:00 ..
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 66 Mar 8 22:05 abiword
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 66 Apr 13 2023 akregatorrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1016 Feb 26 12:02 arkrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 78 Mar 15 19:01 autostart
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 0 Mar 15 19:00 autostart-scripts
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 551 Apr 13 2023 baloofileinformationrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 28 Feb 21 23:03 bluedevilglobalrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 26 Apr 13 2023 BraveSoftware
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 36 Jul 28 2023 celluloid
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 32 Apr 20 2023 cherrytree
drwx------ 1 lynn lynn 8 Mar 13 21:49 dconf
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 54 May 8 2023 device_automounter_kcmrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 78 Jun 2 2023 discoverrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 29 May 9 2023 discoverupdaterc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 929 Mar 15 19:01 dolphinrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 108 Jul 31 2023 drkonqirc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 78 Feb 21 17:32 elisarc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 58 Apr 19 2023 emaildefaults
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 36 Apr 13 2023 enchant
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 14 Apr 13 2023 evolution
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 621 Jan 26 14:53 filelightrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 359 Feb 2 11:44 FocusWriterrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 0 Apr 18 2023 fontconfig
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 12 Apr 13 2023 gedit
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 0 May 6 2023 goa-1.0
drwx------ 1 lynn lynn 40 Jan 24 20:56 google-chrome
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 32 Feb 2 15:43 GottCode
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 114 Mar 15 19:00 gtk-3.0
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 24 Jan 29 20:52 gtk-4.0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 52 Mar 15 19:00 gtkrc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 87 Mar 15 19:00 gtkrc-2.0
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1872 Feb 21 22:48 gwenviewrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 6 May 6 2023 ibus
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 119 Apr 13 2023 kactivitymanagerdrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 537 Apr 20 2023 kactivitymanagerd-statsrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 107 Mar 8 22:06 kactivitymanagerd-switcher
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 44 Apr 14 2023 kate
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 5689 Mar 11 18:18 katemetainfos
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 3592 Mar 12 11:10 katerc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 56 Apr 13 2023 kateschemarc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 419 Apr 13 2023 katevirc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 414 Jan 29 20:52 kcminputrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 3415 Jan 23 16:10 kconf_updaterc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 34 Mar 8 16:12 KDE
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 132 Jan 24 21:33 kdeconnect
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 92 Apr 19 2023 kded5rc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 3532 Mar 15 19:01 kded_device_automounterrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 130 Jan 30 15:10 kdedefaults
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 3839 Mar 9 19:27 kdeglobals
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 466 Mar 15 19:00 kde.org
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 374 Apr 18 2023 kdfrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 72 Jan 29 20:53 kfontinstuirc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 26 May 8 2023 kgammarc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 14753 Mar 15 19:01 kglobalshortcutsrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 396 Jan 25 21:55 khelpcenterrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 33617 Mar 15 19:00 khotkeysrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 305 Mar 8 16:22 kinfocenterrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 127 Apr 13 2023 kiorc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 74 Apr 13 2023 kmixrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 669 Mar 15 19:05 konsolerc
-rw-r--r-- 1 lynn lynn 40 Apr 13 2023 korgacrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 36 Apr 13 2023 krunnerrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 111 Jan 25 18:23 kscreenlockerrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 316 Apr 13 2023 kservicemenurc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1122 Mar 10 14:18 ksmserverrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 62 Feb 6 19:05 ksplashrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 108 Apr 13 2023 ktimezonedrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 25 Apr 13 2023 kwalletrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 624 Mar 15 19:00 kwinrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 108 Apr 13 2023 kwinrulesrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 2933 Mar 12 11:10 kwriterc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 115 Apr 13 2023 kxkbrc
drwxr-xr-x 1 lynn lynn 82 Aug 3 2023 libaccounts-glib
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 2 Apr 19 2023 libreoffice
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 1239 Jul 28 2023 mimeapps.list
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 0 Jul 28 2023 mpv
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 507 Apr 13 2023 muonrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 178 Mar 13 21:50 okularpartrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 3377 Mar 13 21:54 okularrc
drwx------ 1 lynn lynn 948 Mar 15 15:25 opera
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 2576 Feb 21 23:11 partitionmanagerrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 38 Feb 26 12:51 pavucontrol-qt
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 35 May 5 2023 PlasmaDiscoverUpdates
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 27 Apr 13 2023 plasma-localerc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 172 Jan 25 10:48 plasmanotifyrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 9143 Mar 15 19:00 plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 90 Feb 6 19:00 plasmarc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1318 Mar 10 14:18 plasmashellrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 247 Apr 13 2023 plasmawindowed-appletsrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 219 Apr 13 2023 plasmawindowedrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 22 Apr 17 2023 plasma-workspace
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 44 Apr 13 2023 powerdevilrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 775 Apr 13 2023 powermanagementprofilesrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1303 Jan 25 18:12 print-manager
drwx------ 1 lynn lynn 988 Aug 3 2023 pulse
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 105 Mar 8 14:24 QtProject.conf
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 1442 Mar 15 19:05 session
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 674 Jan 25 19:00 skanliterc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 242 Apr 19 2023 soffice.binrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 169 Feb 21 10:08 spectaclerc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 52 Apr 28 2023 systemmonitorrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 646 Feb 6 19:21 systemsettingsrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 21 Jul 9 2023 trashrc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 1041 Mar 15 19:00 Trolltech.conf
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 209 Apr 29 2023 usb-creator-kderc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 633 Apr 13 2023 user-dirs.dirs
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lynn lynn 5 Apr 13 2023 user-dirs.locale
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 52 Mar 10 14:18 vlc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 706 Jul 7 2023 vlcrc
-rw------- 1 lynn lynn 1630 Mar 9 19:27 xdg-desktop-portal-kderc
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 126 Apr 18 2023 xpad
drwxrwxr-x 1 lynn lynn 30 Mar 15 19:00 xsettingsd


Your second string yielded ...

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 3.2G 1.7M 3.2G 1% /run
/dev/sda6 224G 105G 117G 48% /
tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
/dev/sda6 224G 105G 117G 48% /home
/dev/sda5 285M 4.0K 285M 1% /dos
tmpfs 3.2G 84K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000

[claydoh]

And a third (for inodes)....

df -i

What are inodes?

https://www.bluematador.com/blog/wha...-they-used-for

They are bits of a data block that store info about what's in that block. Usually having a bajillion small files on a smaller drive can fill em up.
I haven't dealt inodes in 11 years - I only remember because it was when I was on 13.10, after upgrading Kubuntu for 3.5 years straight - that's 7. Lots of cruft, even though I had plenty of space, and kept (I thought) a tidy enough system.
I never bothered to note what I needed to do for posterity's sake, but it was more than just deleting junk files. I think.

Usually deleting gobs of tiny files clears this problem up, assuming it is the case.

[RLynwood]

I'll leave this here for now. It's late-ish evening, so I'll re-read your post and think about it tomorrow and hope that someone else adds something critical. Btw, in attempting to log out & back in, I somehow rebooted, and--son of a gun, I can download a file now, and I'm not even restricted to the Downloads folder; I chose exactly where I wanted it to go. And another problem appears to be fixed: I can give a file to be downloaded the name I want it to have and have it download exactly where I want it. Wow. I just don't know what all is wrong and how to fix it other than, for now, to simply reboot. But, this isn't Windows; this isn't supposed to happen. So, the real question is, why does this sort of crap happen, or is it happening to me. I seriously doubt that this sort of thing happens to your admins. If it did, I'm sure you'd ditch Kub. after enough such hassles.

[claydoh]

A failing drive , or some bad blocks or other hardware level issues could be at play.
Maybe, during the reboot, an fsck was run and fixed the problem,maybe? these do run periodically, if not more often.
hopefully this is what happened.

[RLynwood]

Both of your thoughts seem correct. I'm using an old-ish 256 GB SSD that a computer store gave me until I can get a "real", i.e., permanent, SSD with its OS. It could, indeed, have bad blocks. So, it also seems likely that the reboot's fsck fixed the problem; it seems to have. I'll call this problem solved.

[jglen490]

Yep, agree with rebooting periodically. It allows the natural clearing up processes to run. I reboot every day; I know that's not for everyone, but takes the time to do it routinely, weekly, daily, monthly.

[RLynwood]

Definitely something to consider, which I will do. Just want to think about it some.