[Bug 115774] Re: graceful full disk handling. syslog.0 and kern.log.0 grow huge

[Timon Zielonka]

Kubuntu 14.04 still hangs on boot when the disk is full.

My disk was full and the result was that after the normal login the
system simply hangs. After switching to the console and removing some
files I could restart and login.

I think, that if the disk is full, kubuntu should popup with a message
and (more important) switch to the console. And should create a warning
if the disk space is getting low.

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Title:
  graceful full disk handling. syslog.0 and kern.log.0 grow huge

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  These two log files recently grew to over 1 Gb each.  I only noticed
  when I booted up and X failed to start, giving a warming about not
  being able to write to /tmp.  I later discovered that this error was
  due to lack of partition space and that /var/log had become bloated.
  I deleted syslog.0 and kern.log.0 and all is well.  This bug may be
  related to Bug #71870.

  My kernel is 2.6.20-15-generic
  Version is Kubuntu 7.04
  My hard drive is partitioned thus:

  hda1 - WinXP (ntfs) - 10 Gb
  hda5 - windows user files (ntfs) - 30 Gb
  hda6 - / (ext3) - 7 Gb
  hda7 - swap - 2 Gb
  hda8 - user space (fat32) - 2 Gb
  hda9 - /home (ext3) - 25 Gb

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