I broke Mint 7 KDE (home partition full, won't log in)

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busbodger

I broke Mint 7 KDE (home partition full, won't log in)

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Hello folks. Hoping this is an easy problem to fix. I filled up my home partition full. I got the warning, said ignore it and proceeded to stop the file moving I was doing but I filled up the partition completely. KDE got cranky and I rebooted and it went to the log in window. I normally have it auto log in but this time it accepts my info and returns after a flash or two to the log in screen.

I went in with the LiveCD and deleted about 500MB of stuff that I did not need anymore but same problems.

Anything I can do to keep from reinstalling Linux?

Am going to reinstall the NVIDIA driver using the boot recovery and try that. Seems like I have seen the video driver cause similar problems before. Not sure why this would be an issue though b/c wouldn't KDE default to some 2-D generic driver?

Why would it scramble a video driver anyhow?

Thanks folks! Mint is the BEST!
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Husse

Re: I broke Mint 7 KDE (home partition full, won't log in)

Post by Husse »

When you log in there is a little bit of writing so if the /home partition is full you cant log in
I think I know the solution
Boot the live DVD
Go to the home partition - the one you filled up just recently not the one on the live DVD
Delete the two hidden files .ICEauthority and .Xauthority
Reboot and I think you can log in
The files are automatically recreated
busbodger

Re: I broke Mint 7 KDE (home partition full, won't log in)

Post by busbodger »

Thanks so much and I will try that!

Working this morn to wipe an XP computer that caught AntiVirus 2010 for a coworker.

He wants Mint Linux! Wahoo!
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