'Root is full' problem

[J.Witvliet at mindef.nl]

Also, try: "df -i"
You might be running out of I-nodes


-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Petter Adsen
Sent: maandag 6 juli 2015 9:19
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: 'Root is full' problem

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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