not able to login to 7.04

[Snowhog]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

While in the console just type:

pwd

If you are at the root, you will, in your case, see:
root@The-Obedient-Computer:/

If you see anythin else, issue the command:

cd /

Then you type the commands that dibl provided.

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

Snowhog i tried that and i got the same thing as before.

anything else i can try?

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

Your login prompt is for the root user, which is what "Recovery Mode" presents you with.

So, at that prompt, what happens when you type

du -sh /*

?

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

i get this.


root@The-Obedient-Computer:~# du -sh /*
4.8M /bin
17M /boot
0 /cdrom
120K /dev
8.2M /etc
5.1G /home
4.0K /initrd
0 /initrd.img
148M /lib
16K /lost+found
11G /media
4.0K /mnt
4.0K /opt
0 /proc
1.2M /root
6.0M /sbin
4.0K /srv
0 /sys
64K /tmp
1.6G /usr
128M /var
0 /vmlinuz
root@The-Obedient-Computer:~#

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

Aha! But your /home directory is on a separate partition, right, or no? It shows /home at 5.1GB and /usr at 1.6GB -- that's real close to 7GB. I just checked my /usr directory -- it totals 2.5G. So you're not out of line on that. And I assume /media is a separate partition at 11GB.

What about that /home directory?

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

yes my home should be set up on its own partition with 133GIG open on it.

the media i am not sure how that works. it is showing both cd roms and the floppy and 2 folders one for linux and one for windows when i open Konqueror and open media.

what should i be looking for?

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

If you will open Konqueror, and choose "home folder" and then right-click in the white space and choose "properties", it will show the "Free disk space" as ___ out of _______.

Then browse to /media and do the same thing. Post the results you get.

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

for both of them i am getting.

free disk space 0B out of 7.3GB (100% used)


the media is showing
location /
size 11.0 Gb ( 11,849,157,373 )
67200 files, 3591 sub-folders

the home is showing
location /
size 1,021.7 KB ( 1,046,190 )
117 files, 60 sub folders


why is my home showing up as root?

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

Well, I think maybe we're slowly zeroing in on the problem.

Can you get back to the root directory prompt and issue the command

df -h

, please? I know you cannot cut and paste the output, but I will paste mine in so you can compare & contrast what yours looks like compared to one that is NOT too full.

dibl@kgutsy:/$ df -h
Filesystem      Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1       6.0G 3.3G 2.8G 55% /
varrun        2.0G 284K 2.0G  1% /var/run
varlock        2.0G   0 2.0G  0% /var/lock
udev         2.0G 164K 2.0G  1% /dev
devshm        2.0G   0 2.0G  0% /dev/shm
lrm          2.0G  14M 2.0G  1% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb2       244M  24M 207M 11% /boot
/dev/sdb3       134G  32G 102G 24% /home
/dev/sda1       4.9G 1.8G 3.1G 37% /media/sde1
/dev/sda3       185G 165G  21G 90% /media/sde3
/dev/sdc2       140G 544K 140G  1% /media/sdb2
/dev/sdd1       225G 165G  60G 74% /media/sdc1
/dev/sdd2       235G 149G  86G 64% /media/sdc2
/dev/sdd3       240G 212G  28G 89% /media/sdc3
/dev/sde1       140G 544K 140G  1% /media/sdd1
/dev/sdf1       7.7G 184M 7.6G  3% /media/NTFSTICK
/dev/fd0       1.4M 1.3M  67K 95% /media/floppy0

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

actually i was able to so here is mine for you to see. as im not 100% sure what im looking at any more lol


root@The-Obedient-Computer:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb3 7.4G 7.0G 0 100% /
varrun 221M 16K 221M 1% /var/run
varlock 221M 0 221M 0% /var/lock
procbususb 221M 104K 221M 1% /proc/bus/usb
udev 221M 104K 221M 1% /dev
devshm 221M 0 221M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 221M 33M 188M 15% /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile
/dev/hdb1 141G 757M 133G 1% /media/linux/hdb1
/dev/hda1 3.9G 3.1G 755M 81% /media/xp/hda1
/dev/hda2 71G 7.1G 64G 10% /media/xp/hda2
root@The-Obedient-Computer:~#

[ponygirldefiance]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

my swap partition is missing on here.

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

OK, I think here's the problem. I think you THOUGHT you made a separate directory for /home, but I don't see it in your list of partitions, and I don't think you actually did.

If that is true (that /home is embedded within the "/" filesystem), then you should be able to go into your /home directory with Konqueror or Dolphin or whatever, and choose a few large files to delete -- say 500MB or so, and then go to your trashcan and "Empty Trash" (meaning these files will be gone forever ), and then reboot your system and you should get back your GUI. The reason you have to empty trash is because when you "move to trash" the files don't actually leave your hard drive, and no space is created until you "empty trash".

Then, the longer term fix is probably to try again with partitioning your hard drive and setting up a separate partition upon which to mount /home, during a new installation. In the new installation, 6GB will be sufficient space for "/", if that's any consolation.

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

my swap partition is missing on here.

Not necessarily -- swap won't show up in the "df" command. To double-check it, enter

blkid

and I'll bet you see a swap partition.

[Snowhog]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

With a little editing so as to only show what is reported on the primary HD.

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb3 7.4G 7.0G 0 100% /
/dev/hdb1 141G 757M 133G 1% /media/linux/hdb1

dibl - you are correct in your observation here. There are only two partitions. 7.4G for / and 141G being used for the balance of the HD. No /home partition was created.

[dibl]

Re: not able to login to 7.04

Yep, and I'll bet a beer that swap is on /dev/hdb2.