suddenly filling of hd and no access to x

[NoOp]

On 09/21/2009 06:51 PM, Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> On 09/21/2009 05:43 PM, Accessys at smart.net wrote:
>> >
>> > oh yes can boot up from live CD into xwindow but don't have
>> > permissions to delete any files or empty trash.  can't get to root
>> > either.
>> >
>> > Bob
>>
>> Knoppix
> 
> not useful at this time.
> 
> thanks anyway
> Bob

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thanks :-)

Why would knoppix not be useful? You stated "but don't have
permissions to delete any files or empty trash". With Knoppix you can
pretty much do anything regarding permissions on a drive and/or partition.

Regarding your drive filling up; what do your logs show? You should be
able to access those from the Ubuntu liveCD, booting into recovery mode,
or Knoppix.