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gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

Post by gm10 »

Actually looking at the output more closely seems you had mistyped the command, looks like you added a minus in front of the 100. :wink:
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:42 am Actually looking at the output more closely seems you had mistyped the command, looks like you added a minus in front of the 100. :wink:
Ops sorry for my fault ...

Output :
17G /timeshift
856M /lib
152M /boot
4.1G /var
5.5G /usr
28G /
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Looks all ok except the overgrown timeshift folder, nuke that for now:

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sudo rm -rfv /timeshift
and then probably move it to the other partition. Also check the configuration, you're likely keeping too many old snapshots for it to grow that big.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:57 am Looks all ok except the overgrown timeshift folder, nuke that for now:

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sudo rm -rfv /timeshift
and then probably move it to the other partition. Also check the configuration, you're likely keeping too many old snapshots for it to grow that big.
Thank you . that command removed many files and after that was finished , i ran sudo reboot and after that login page was shown and i'm logged in to desktop .
But when i was writing this post , that message was shown again that Low Disk Space on filesystem . :(


What can i do ?
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Run this again:

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sudo du / -hxd 1 -t 100M
My guess is it's Timeshift again and you're including something in the snapshots that you shouldn't, like your entire second partition maybe. Make sure you exclude its mount point via Timeshift's filters.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:51 am Run this again:

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sudo du / -hxd 1 -t 100M
My guess is it's Timeshift again and you're including something in the snapshots that you shouldn't, like your entire second partition maybe. Make sure you exclude its mount point via Timeshift's filters.

17G /timeshift
856M /lib
152 M /boot
4.2G /var
5.5G /usr
28G /


How i exclude its mount point ?
Although i've been installing Docker in Linux .
Is it possible this problem created because of installing docker ??
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Post output of

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lsblk
That'll show you all mount points.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:38 am Post output of

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lsblk
That'll show you all mount points.
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Nothing there. It's something you must have added yourself to Timeshift's configuration, like your user folder.

You can copy & paste from a terminal window by the way. ;)
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:59 am Nothing there. It's something you must have added yourself to Timeshift's configuration, like your user folder.
How to get what was i added in Timeshift's configuration ??
Because i don't know what i did ...
gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:59 am You can copy & paste from a terminal window by the way. ;)
I know :D
But i can't login to desktop again .
After that i posted that post which i took a screenShot from "filesystem" error , i rebooted system and i stuck in login loop again and now come here with windows .
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Well, same as before, nuke the timeshift folder, and then as I had already said, check Timeshift's configuration (Timeshift > Settings). Or just reset the configuration:

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sudo rm /etc/timeshift.json
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:43 am Well, same as before, nuke the timeshift folder, and then as I had already said, check Timeshift's configuration (Timeshift > Settings). Or just reset the configuration:

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sudo rm /etc/timeshift.json
I ran reset configuration command and after that i rebooted system .
But problem dosen't solve . :(
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Re: fileSystem is full

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Hi
My problem isn't solved yet . :( :( :(
I will thank you if you guide me.
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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I really got nothing to add, nuke /timeshift and change the configuration, that's all.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:47 pm I really got nothing to add, nuke /timeshift and change the configuration, that's all.
Via sudo rm /etc/timeshift.json command ?
can i remove timeshift again for logging in to desktop and when i log in to desktop , i change timeshift configuration in desktop ??
Is it possible ?
gm10

Re: fileSystem is full

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Yes.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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gm10 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:37 pmYes.
only way to reset timeshift configuration is sudo rm /etc/timeshift.json command ?
actually , when i log in to desktop , should i run that command in terminal ??
is it different output for running that command in desktop terminal area or ctrl+alt+F1 terminal area ?!!
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Re: fileSystem is full

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sudo rm -rfv /timeshift /etc/timeshift.json
in whichever terminal you like.
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Re: fileSystem is full

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Hi again
I had nuke timeshift in ctrl+alt+F1 and after that i logged in to desktop like a charm .
When i logged , i opened timeshift application and a window was shown with "setup wizard" title .
I can choose two option of Snapshot Type ( RSYNC and BTRFS ) .
Which can i choose ?
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Re: fileSystem is full

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rezza, choose RSYNC. At the Select snapshot location screen, choose a location that isn't your hard drive (the first selection). Then click the "Next" button and change the number of daily snapshots to 0. That will set up Timeshift to only make backups when you request it to make one.

Hope this helps.
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