[Bug 1200703] [NEW] Low disk space error message in 13.04

[DKeith45]

Public bug reported:

Been using Ubuntu for several years now. Started with 11.04, then went
to 12.04 and currently running 13.04 on a dedicated 120g drive. I'm not
a super user, I have some computer knowledge, but have never had reason
to go to the command line in Ubuntu and mess with the system that way.
So have no idea how to without step by step instructions by other users.

I tried using a drive clean-up program recommended by other Ubuntu users
(BleachBit) and while it got rid of some old temp files etc, it did not
solve my problem.

Today, 7-12-2013, I got new error messages related to low disk space and
following the prompts it led me to LanuchPad support and other people
having the same problems.

The problem with all the other posts is all the command line talk. I've
rarely used command line text and can't safely do it atm, without step
by step instructions.

Just poking around I found this: From the desktop I clicked on FILES,
Then under DEVICES, clicked on COMPUTER. Then clicked on BOOT. I found
BOOT is 225mb. My drive is 120g. BOOT has only 13mb free. The largest
files within BOOT are 5, 32mb Archives:

initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic 32.0 MB Archive May3

 initrd.img-3.8.0-21-generic 32.0 MB Archive May18

 initrd.img-3.8.0-22-generic 32.0 MB Archive May28

 initrd.img-3.8.0-23-generic 32.0 MB Archive June6

 initrd.img-3.8.0-25-generic 32.0 MB Archive June28

That's 160 MB of Archives. So do I simply delete all but the most recent
Archive to free up space? Save the Archive from June28 and delete the
rest?

If that is the answer, HOW do I delete those old Archives? Can't see a
way to inside the BOOT folder. There's no option to delete files there.

Further info:

You ask under: WE ALSO NEED:

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using. VIA System -> About Ubuntu.

Can't see any way to get to a "System" but in About Ubuntu it says
13.04.

2)  Since I don't know how to use command line commands, I went to
"Software Center" as suggested, but don't see anything about what
package I'm using.

3) What I expected to happen? I expected Ubuntu to automatically delete
old no longer needed files from the BOOT partition when updating.
Aparently it used to do this until recently. SO who made the decision to
stop this from happening and why? Why now?

Which brings to mind something else annoying that was changed recently.
Since I often use TOR, under 13.04 when you click TOR's RUN command, it
does nothing because the default to actually ASK a user if they really
wanted to RUN something was changed. So I had to get into the systems
guts using others step by step instructions in order to RESTORE my
ability to RUN something. Dafuq?

4) Old uneeded files are no longer being automatically deleted upon
updates. So now need to be manually deleted. So how about some step by
step instructions guise? Srsly guise, guise, srsly.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Low disk space error message in 13.04

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Been using Ubuntu for several years now. Started with 11.04, then went
  to 12.04 and currently running 13.04 on a dedicated 120g drive. I'm
  not a super user, I have some computer knowledge, but have never had
  reason to go to the command line in Ubuntu and mess with the system
  that way. So have no idea how to without step by step instructions by
  other users.

  I tried using a drive clean-up program recommended by other Ubuntu
  users (BleachBit) and while it got rid of some old temp files etc, it
  did not solve my problem.

  Today, 7-12-2013, I got new error messages related to low disk space
  and following the prompts it led me to LanuchPad support and other
  people having the same problems.

  The problem with all the other posts is all the command line talk.
  I've rarely used command line text and can't safely do it atm, without
  step by step instructions.

  Just poking around I found this: From the desktop I clicked on FILES,
  Then under DEVICES, clicked on COMPUTER. Then clicked on BOOT. I found
  BOOT is 225mb. My drive is 120g. BOOT has only 13mb free. The largest
  files within BOOT are 5, 32mb Archives:

  initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic 32.0 MB Archive May3

   initrd.img-3.8.0-21-generic 32.0 MB Archive May18

   initrd.img-3.8.0-22-generic 32.0 MB Archive May28

   initrd.img-3.8.0-23-generic 32.0 MB Archive June6

   initrd.img-3.8.0-25-generic 32.0 MB Archive June28

  That's 160 MB of Archives. So do I simply delete all but the most
  recent Archive to free up space? Save the Archive from June28 and
  delete the rest?

  If that is the answer, HOW do I delete those old Archives? Can't see a
  way to inside the BOOT folder. There's no option to delete files
  there.

  Further info:

  You ask under: WE ALSO NEED:

  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using. VIA System -> About Ubuntu.

  Can't see any way to get to a "System" but in About Ubuntu it says
  13.04.

  2)  Since I don't know how to use command line commands, I went to
  "Software Center" as suggested, but don't see anything about what
  package I'm using.

  3) What I expected to happen? I expected Ubuntu to automatically
  delete old no longer needed files from the BOOT partition when
  updating. Aparently it used to do this until recently. SO who made the
  decision to stop this from happening and why? Why now?

  Which brings to mind something else annoying that was changed
  recently. Since I often use TOR, under 13.04 when you click TOR's RUN
  command, it does nothing because the default to actually ASK a user if
  they really wanted to RUN something was changed. So I had to get into
  the systems guts using others step by step instructions in order to
  RESTORE my ability to RUN something. Dafuq?

  4) Old uneeded files are no longer being automatically deleted upon
  updates. So now need to be manually deleted. So how about some step by
  step instructions guise? Srsly guise, guise, srsly.

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