suddenly filling of hd and no access to x

[Derek Broughton]

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.
> 
> Knoppix

If he's got an Ubuntu live CD, of course he can get to root.  Just open a 
terminal window, or ctrl-alt-f1.

My vote is for strigi or whatever gnome uses instead.  strigi used to fill 
up my wife's drive even though it was supposedly turned off.  So I 
terminated it with extreme prejudice, and no more space problems...
-- 
derek