[Bug 462763] New: /tmp quickly expands to fill partition
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 Summary: /tmp quickly expands to fill partition Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rodneyp@pcug.org.au QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Community User only 4 days after installation, followed by light usage browsing and email, /tmp has expanded to 2.3 GB and filled / partition. "vdir" lists 112694 files in /tmp. The majority are user files. same happened to an installation of openSUSE 11.1 GM on same PC, which had initially been a fresh installation of 10.3 GM, then upgraded through various betas. Issue was not apparent up to and including 11.1 RC1. In that instance, /tmp expanded to 1.8 GB before filling / partition. Initially I thought the issue might be related to superceded packages and temporary files left during upgrades. Now appears this is not the case as similar result for a fresh installation of 11.1 GM. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User stbinner@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c1 Stephan Binner <stbinner@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rodneyp@pcug.org.au --- Comment #1 from Stephan Binner <stbinner@novell.com> 2008-12-29 09:28:05 MST --- And we shall guess now what those files are? :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User devzero@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c2 roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |devzero@web.de --- Comment #2 from roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> 2008-12-29 13:17:53 MST --- please provide some more information about those files. do they follow a naming scheme ? what`s the owner/group? post some "ls -la /tmp/vdir" (or ls -la /tmp/vdir |tail if that is too large) does that dir grow at regular interval? any chance to determine which process is filling it ? (lsof |grep vdir may help here) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User rodneyp@pcug.org.au added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c3 --- Comment #3 from Rodney Peters <rodneyp@pcug.org.au> 2008-12-29 19:27:52 MST --- Created an attachment (id=262699) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=262699) last 1000 lines of output from "vdir /tmp" this output is from the booted system, that was freshly installed just 5 days ago. I needed to boot to 11.0 on same PC and increase the / partition for 11.1 via LVM to be able to boot 11.1 to a usable state. except for the last file, which is owned by "root root" all others are owned by the sole user registered "rod users". Whilst booted to 11.0 I mounted the / partition for 11.1 to /mnt and did a vdir of the static /mnt/tmp. Similar result > 100,000 files owned by "rod users" and the last by "root root". User files all have a naming pattern "tmp<7 hex characters>.tmp" Mostly dated 26 dec (date of system installation) and 29 dec (when low disk space warning first appeared). That may not be significant - system was powered down most of 27 dec and not much used on 28. I was not watching size of /tmp & can't say whether it was growing regularly. Nor do I understand its contents well enough to delete anything that I, myself have not untarred there. Only one tarball has been installed to this system (fglrx non-oss driver for radeon video card) and that unpacked tarball appears to have been automatically deleted from /tmp by the installer shell. Will try to submit attachments addressing your other questions shortly -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User rodneyp@pcug.org.au added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c4 --- Comment #4 from Rodney Peters <rodneyp@pcug.org.au> 2008-12-29 19:31:34 MST --- Created an attachment (id=262700) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=262700) result of lsof | grep vdir As I see it, this completes current request for additional info - will leave the NEEDINFO flag in place, for your assessment. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User devzero@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c5 roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|rodneyp@pcug.org.au | Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #5 from roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> 2008-12-30 03:52:07 MST --- thanks. i did misunderstand the vdir thing, as i never have used that command alias. i thought you meant a directory named vdir. anyway, i think it`s beagle , the linux desktop search engine filling up /tmp. that problem exists on other distros, too. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228718 i wonder why they don`t put those files into a subdirectory named /tmp/beagle-indexing so it would be much easier to identify the owner of those files and to descide, if it`s safe to delete them or not. did you ever "kill -9" any beagle indexing process? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 244490 *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=244490 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User devzero@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c6 roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Enhancement Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE | --- Comment #6 from roland kletzing <devzero@web.de> 2008-12-30 04:01:10 MST --- whoops, adding a duplicate did resolv this one , that wasn`t my intention. i don`t think it`s resolved as these files should be easier to identify. the bug is not resolved in redhat bugzilla, btw. so please, beagle developers should put those files into some /tmp/beagle-indexing subdir or name that files appropriatly to make it more obvious to the end-user. reopening as enhancement request. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User rodneyp@pcug.org.au added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c7 --- Comment #7 from Rodney Peters <rodneyp@pcug.org.au> 2008-12-30 04:27:42 MST --- I may have killed Beagle in one of the two installations of 11.1, when the system got down to 12 blocks free on / and I could not start any utilities to try to locate the file hog. I usually uninstall Beagle entirely, because no time is convenient for its massive indexing processes - I need to do any major downloads overnight. Simply had not done the uninstall in the early stages of setting up 11.1. Both installations appear to have stabilised at about 3 GB in /tmp after a few reboots. Still seems an excessive size to me. Will see if things improve post-Beagle. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo. |ovo.novell.com |novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User vuntz@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c8 Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |volker3204@paradise.net.nz --- Comment #8 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> 2009-01-21 04:09:00 MST --- *** Bug 462713 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462713 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User alberto.passalacqua@tin.it added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c9 Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@tin.it> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |alberto.passalacqua@tin.it Severity|Enhancement |Major --- Comment #9 from Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@tin.it> 2009-01-29 21:27:07 MST --- This is happening also to me, and it is not an enhancement request. Beagle creates a lot of tmp files corresponding to the user's home files. Increasing the severity to major (at least). Bye, A. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User sragavan@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c10 Srinivasa Ragavan V <sragavan@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEW CC| |sragavan@novell.com Component|Basesystem |GNOME Severity|Major |Critical --- Comment #10 from Srinivasa Ragavan V <sragavan@novell.com> 2009-01-29 21:32:02 MST --- I think it isn't an enhancement. Moving the bug GNOME. my /tmp is 1.2G and growing. Killing beagle helps to stop the growth. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User doiggl@velocitynet.com.au added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c12 Glenn Doig <doiggl@velocitynet.com.au> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |doiggl@velocitynet.com.au --- Comment #12 from Glenn Doig <doiggl@velocitynet.com.au> 2009-02-02 07:27:19 MST --- I saw this , could be related: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/beagle/tags/BEAGLE_0_3_9/beagle/NEWS?view=markup Version 0.3.9 January 26 2009 * Fix a problem of undeleted tmpfiles when running under mono-2. There are many more fixes listed See openSUSE Build Service for rpm of beagle http://software.opensuse.org/search Cheers. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P1 - Urgent Severity|Critical |Blocker -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User stbinner@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c13 Stephan Binner <stbinner@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |stbinner@novell.com Severity|Blocker |Critical --- Comment #13 from Stephan Binner <stbinner@novell.com> 2009-02-14 12:56:34 MST --- Doesn't qualify for http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/Definitions#Blocker -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User gburt@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c14 Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |gburt@novell.com Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #14 from Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> 2009-02-18 12:36:59 MST --- Thanks Glenn, I patched the package with the two relevant upstream commits and submitted for SLED 11 RC5. I was going to submit for openSUSE 11.1's Update, but the package doesn't build there w/ epiphany-related errors. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User vuntz@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c15 Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mmeeks@novell.com --- Comment #15 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> 2009-02-18 21:50:54 MST --- *** Bug 476112 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476112 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User gburt@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c16 --- Comment #16 from Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> 2009-03-05 15:26:56 MST --- Submitted to openSUSE:11.1:Update, request id 7579 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User alberto.passalacqua@tin.it added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c17 --- Comment #17 from Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@tin.it> 2009-03-14 23:32:30 MST --- Hello, was this patch already released? I checked but did not find anything that seems to be related. Could you please check? Thanks, A. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User gburt@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c18 Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #18 from Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> 2009-03-15 11:48:57 MST --- I messed up in terms of process, sorry. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User gburt@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c19 Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |ast@novell.com --- Comment #19 from Gabriel Burt <gburt@novell.com> 2009-03-15 11:49:25 MST --- Can we get a swamp id to get this fix into openSUSE:11.1:Update, please? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 User alberto.passalacqua@tin.it added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763#c20 --- Comment #20 from Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@tin.it> 2009-03-15 11:59:42 MST --- No problem. Thanks for taking care of this! :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462763 Swamp Workflow Management <swamp@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status Whiteboard| |maint:planned:update -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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