'Root is full' problem

[Petter Adsen]

On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 23:06:13 +0100
Richard Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 
> On 5 Jul 2015 22:51, William Scott Lockwood III <scott at guppylog.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jul 5, 2015 4:48 PM, "Richard Kimber"
> > <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > > I don't think the "root is full" message is related to the
> > > > mounted USB drive. Please check if there is really no space
> > > > on / with the command
> > > >
> > > > df -h /
> > > >
> > > > To free some space, you could try the command
> > > >
> > > > sudo apt-get clean
> > > >
> > > Thanks. . I've tried that and similar remedies,  and am convinced
> > > there is space in reality.  I have separate drives for usr/local
> > > and /home.  The situation is now that, after much experimenting
> > > and rebooting,  I'm not able to boot to my normal desktop
> > > (mate),  but can get to a terminal on the Ubuntu desktop.  I've
> > > switched off the new USB drive for the moment. And I'm having to
> > > type this from my tablet. So unless someone specifically knows
> > > the answer I'm going to have to reinstall 😣
> > >
> > > Richard
> >
> > What is the output of df -i?
> In recovery mode,  it says Iuse for the root drive is 15%

And "df -h", what does that report? Also, when and where do you get the
message that "root is full"? Is that all it says, or are there other
messages that might be relevant?

Petter

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