Latest updates broke my E

[Billie Walsh]

On 08/06/2010 01:35 PM, Martin Webster wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 12:32 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote:
>
>    
>>> First, do you mean /temp or /tmp? If it's the later it could be that
>>> your /tmp partition is full and is preventing things from working
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> IIRC you should be able to skip the disk check and boot into Ubuntu.
>>> Do this and then check /tmp for space.
>>>        
>    
>> If I recall it was "temp" but then again I may have read "temp" when
>> it said tmp.
>>      
> Ubuntu does not have /temp. So unless you've previously created such a
> folder or mounted another filesystem to /temp it's quite possible that
> you're talking about the /tmp folder.
>
> Also, it's worth noting that after update manager last run on my netbook
> I received a warning about low disk space. Clearing /tmp sorted this for
> me. Running out of space could be the cause of your problem.
>
>    
>> Either way "Skip" just drops into a little flashing "_" and nothing
>> else.
>>      
> If you can't bypass the disk check I suggest you use the Ubuntu CD (if
> you have a CD drive for your netbook) or a flash drive. From the
> terminal type the following and review the output:
>
> sudo fdisk -1
> sudo df -h
>
> If it's not evident that space is the problem post the output. If you're
> out of space you can safely delete the contents of /tmp and reboot.
>
>    

I wouldn't think space would be an issue. The netbook is used with 
almost minimal software above and beyond the basic install. I install 
Thunderbird, eBook reader and Gramps. Even with all the crud I have on 
my desktop and laptop I don't come close to 64 gig of drive space. They 
usually run around 40 gig used. Unless Ubuntu filled it up with something.

I'll see if I can get it booted into a live CD and see what I can see later.

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