Looking for an explanation
This morning I couldn't log in (KDE), but could log in at console. After a good deal of searching and experimentation I discovered that my /tmp had run out of space, and that my /tmp/kde-eddie was 689MB! Can anyone say why kde-eddie should have grown to that size? How can I prevent a reoccurrence? By removing kde-eddie I can log in now and everything seem fine (so far). Any thoughts, anyone? Thanks Eddie
On Friday 28 May 2004 08:11, eddie wrote:
This morning I couldn't log in (KDE), but could log in at console. After a good deal of searching and experimentation I discovered that my /tmp had run out of space, and that my /tmp/kde-eddie was 689MB! Can anyone say why kde-eddie should have grown to that size? How can I prevent a reoccurrence? By removing kde-eddie I can log in now and everything seem fine (so far). Any thoughts, anyone?
Presumably you had a look at the files in kde-eddie before you deleted it? Not sure about removing it altogether (the wisdom therof). Leftover ISO images are a candidate for clogging up /temp. Jake
On Friday 28 May 2004 08:11 am, eddie wrote:
This morning I couldn't log in (KDE), but could log in at console. After a good deal of searching and experimentation I discovered that my /tmp had run out of space, and that my /tmp/kde-eddie was 689MB! Can anyone say why kde-eddie should have grown to that size? How can I prevent a reoccurrence? By removing kde-eddie I can log in now and everything seem fine (so far). Any thoughts, anyone?
Have you had a crash while working on a large file? Also, there are session logs in there which can get big sometimes, especially if you don't clean out /tmp very often. You can set lifetimes on the contents in yast>system>sysconfig - I have mine emptied at boot and have never yet had a problem, although it depends how you use it of course so YMMV Dylan
Thanks
Eddie
-- "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine" -Dark Helmet
On Monday 31 May 2004 23:10, Dylan wrote:
On Friday 28 May 2004 08:11 am, eddie wrote:
This morning I couldn't log in (KDE), but could log in at console. After a good deal of searching and experimentation I discovered that my /tmp had run out of space, and that my /tmp/kde-eddie was 689MB! Can anyone say why kde-eddie should have grown to that size? How can I prevent a reoccurrence? By removing kde-eddie I can log in now and everything seem fine (so far). Any thoughts, anyone?
Have you had a crash while working on a large file? Also, there are session logs in there which can get big sometimes, especially if you don't clean out /tmp very often. You can set lifetimes on the contents in yast>system>sysconfig - I have mine emptied at boot and have never yet had a problem, although it depends how you use it of course so YMMV
Dylan
Yes, I realise now that I should have looked at the contents before deleting it. My guess is, that it was a leftover iso. Setting a lifetime on the contents sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the responses. Eddie
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