Useless Bleachbit? [SOLVED]
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Useless Bleachbit? [SOLVED]
Time and time again Bleachbit fails to complete the cleaning process. It reaches the point "Clipboard 0" and then no matter how long you wait (I've left it for well over an hour on both root and home) nothing happens. 500MB+ of obsolete files that Bleachbit doesn't reach. Anyone out there experiencing the same problem?
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Re: Useless Bleachbit?
Bleachbit always works fine for me.
Try downloading the latest deb package from here and see if that works.
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/download/linux
Try downloading the latest deb package from here and see if that works.
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/download/linux
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
Thanks cottfcfan, I'll try that.cottfcfan wrote:Bleachbit always works fine for me.
Try downloading the latest deb package from here and see if that works.
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/download/linux
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Re: Useless Bleachbit?
The last version is 0.8.1 but you can also try the beta version of 0.8.2 if you want. Personally, I have never had problems with this app...
K.I.S.S. ===> "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
I have installed version 0.8.1 and still no joy. No difference whatsoever. When it gets to "Clipboard 0" there is no progress. I have tried Bleachbit on other machines (for months!) and with other distros without success.
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
I have googled and I am not alone. I wonder why it works for some and not for others...hmmm...
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Re: Useless Bleachbit?
I use BleachBit on three different desktops with different distros (deb, rpm and other distro), one is with a 64 bit Linux, and I have no problem with it. I'm sorry if you have such problem... Now, I have no time but another day with more time, I'll try to look at this with more precisely but for the moment maybe you can just uncheck the box about the clipboard... or/and try an older version, sometimes newer versions bring some bugs.
K.I.S.S. ===> "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
Merci infiniment for your help linuxviolin. I have already tried with older versions and have had this problem for quite a while, in fact, I can't remember when it actually worked!linuxviolin wrote:I use BleachBit on three different desktops with different distros (deb, rpm and other distro), one is with a 64 bit Linux, and I have no problem with it. I'm sorry if you have such problem... Now, I have no time but another day with more time, I'll try to look at this with more precisely but for the moment maybe you can just uncheck the box about the clipboard... or/and try an older version, sometimes newer versions bring some bugs.
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Re: Useless Bleachbit?
OK, well, for now uncheck the box about the clipboard and you should have this problem no more.
K.I.S.S. ===> "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
At last, I am getting somewhere, sort of.
1. Bleachbit recovered 179.8MB by only ticking APT, Bash and X11.
2. Just ticking Localizations it recovered 119.7MB.
3. Then systematically ticking and unticking, it gradually cleaned the system leaving just 3MB. I can live with that!
Long drawn-out affair but at least I have managed (hopefully!) to do some cleaning.
My question remains unanswered though: why doesn't Bleachbit function as it should?
End of chapter. To be continued?!
1. Bleachbit recovered 179.8MB by only ticking APT, Bash and X11.
2. Just ticking Localizations it recovered 119.7MB.
3. Then systematically ticking and unticking, it gradually cleaned the system leaving just 3MB. I can live with that!
Long drawn-out affair but at least I have managed (hopefully!) to do some cleaning.
My question remains unanswered though: why doesn't Bleachbit function as it should?
End of chapter. To be continued?!
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Re: Useless Bleachbit?
You may also send a bug report to the developer so he can fix it in a future version...
K.I.S.S. ===> "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
Riki, here is your answer to BleachBit hangs at "clipboard 0" (abbreviated from the BleachBit FAQ).
"Clipboard 0" means the last thing it finished is the clipboard and it is working on something else. It sounds like it is cleaning the free disk space: if you have a lot of free disk space (more than, say, 5GB). you could be waiting a long time (more or less 30 minutes). You should uncheck the option "Free disk Space."
"Clipboard 0" means the last thing it finished is the clipboard and it is working on something else. It sounds like it is cleaning the free disk space: if you have a lot of free disk space (more than, say, 5GB). you could be waiting a long time (more or less 30 minutes). You should uncheck the option "Free disk Space."
Re: Useless Bleachbit?
That's done it, many thanks ahz.ahz wrote:Riki, here is your answer to BleachBit hangs at "clipboard 0" (abbreviated from the BleachBit FAQ).
"Clipboard 0" means the last thing it finished is the clipboard and it is working on something else. It sounds like it is cleaning the free disk space: if you have a lot of free disk space (more than, say, 5GB). you could be waiting a long time (more or less 30 minutes). You should uncheck the option "Free disk Space."
Re: Useless Bleachbit? [SOLVED]
FDS disabled on both modes.DataMan wrote:You are running it in root mode ... right?
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