Timeshift snapshot filled partition <SOLVED>

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Timeshift snapshot filled partition <SOLVED>

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I cannot login to 240G main drive after Timeshift recorded the snapshot in 20 G sda partition and filled it.

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amour@lou:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco 1.24.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 10AL0012CA v: ThinkCentre M83 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: SHARKBAY v: SDK0E50510 WIN serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: LENOVO v: FBKTB6AUS date: 08/02/2015 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 57470 
  Speed: 1161 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1097 2: 1099 
  3: 1095 4: 1098 5: 1099 6: 1181 7: 1115 8: 1255 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  chip ID: 8086:0412 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: marco v: 1.24.0 
  resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio 
  vendor: Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0c0c 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 
  driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153a 
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 340.95 GiB used: 116.00 GiB (34.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: T1.3 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDP128G size: 117.38 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 114.54 GiB used: 63.17 GiB (55.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 
  1: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/audio-recorder-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 
  1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
Info:
  Processes: 219 Uptime: 9m Memory: 7.58 GiB used: 1.50 GiB (19.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
amour@lou:~$ 
Using Timeshift on the 128G drive I was able to delete the problem snapshot on 240G drive. Thank you for being there.
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