Unable to delete files from cowon s9

The New World · #1 22nd July 2010, 01:56 PM

I recently bought a cowon S9 mp3 player because of its capabilities of playing ogg music files. I decided I wanted to remove some music files to replace with others bur after supposedly deleting them I found that there was 10gb still in use. After opening the folder for the cowon s9 and viewing the hidden files I found a "Trash 500" folder with the songs I thought I had deleted. The problem now is I can't delete this folder, even if I open the folder as root, it doesn't allow me to delete the unwanted files.
Any ideas?

SiliconSlick · #2 22nd July 2010, 02:18 PM

1) you can try to empty your Trash, or,
2) you can open a terminal, then cd to the drive (usually under /media) and then use the rm command to remove the .Trash folder manually

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***glennzo*** · #3 22nd July 2010, 02:20 PM

What if you unmount and re-mount the folder as root? Can you then delete the files? If not, change the file attributes of the unwanted files while mounted as root and then delete?

jpollard · #4 22nd July 2010, 02:52 PM

What is your error message?

The New World · #5 22nd July 2010, 03:50 PM

It seems at the moment even as root, I am unable to change attributes to allow me to delete the folders
The error message says"Sorry, could not change the permissions of "

Quote:

Trash-500: Error setting permissions: Read-only file system.

Also I noticed there was a

Quote:

/usr/libexec/gvs-gdu-volume-monitor

problem, if that means anything.

smr54 · #6 22nd July 2010, 04:21 PM

You might look into the chattr command. Be VERY careful though. A mistake with that can be serious.

The New World · #7 22nd July 2010, 04:30 PM

I am unfamiliar with the chattr command can you explain?

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I am unfamiliar with the chattr command can you explain?
Also I seem to have "deleted" the trash files now but still it showing the 10gb as being in use

kurtdriver · #8 22nd July 2010, 04:30 PM

Rather than delete the folder, can you not delete the files inside?
If its read only just chmod 700 .Trash 500 ought to do it.

smr54 · #9 22nd July 2010, 04:35 PM

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-password-trick.html

gives an explanation of the chattr command. However, if kurtdriver's suggestion works, use that.

The New World · #10 22nd July 2010, 04:37 PM

As I said on my previous post, the trash folder and contents seem to have been deleted but there is still the lost GB ??

jpollard · #11 22nd July 2010, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Trash-500: Error setting permissions: Read-only file system.

It is possible that the filesystem is mounted read-only - in which case nothing will
delete files on it without having to bypass the filesystem - such as dismounting
it and reformatting.

If there are any contents of the trash directory, then they have not been deleted.

The New World · #12 22nd July 2010, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpollard

It is possible that the filesystem is mounted read-only - in which case nothing will
delete files on it without having to bypass the filesystem - such as dismounting
it and reformatting.

If there are any contents of the trash directory, then they have not been deleted.

I attempted what turned out to be a successful reformat, after saving the folders then re adding them after, so thanks for all the help.