[opensuse] space wasted by root trashcan
Just a word to say that on openSUSE 11.0 I just found 2.5Gb in the root trashcan... and I wondered why my root partition was full... just delete it. Don't you think there should be some sort of trash management in Kde like any windows can do? or may be I missed it? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dne sobota 03 januar 2009 ob 18:33:20 je jdd napisal(a):
Just a word to say that on openSUSE 11.0 I just found 2.5Gb in the root trashcan... and I wondered why my root partition was full...
just delete it.
Don't you think there should be some sort of trash management in Kde like any windows can do? or may be I missed it?
jdd
-- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM
Totally agree. Trashcan is half-baked anyway. Some weeks ago I managed to get a few large videos deleted via su or root or I don't remember anymore, fact is, they got moved to my USER trash, but with ROOT privileges. After that, I couldn't empty the can no matter what I tried. The option to empty it was simply greyed-out, although there were several gigs of space used. Finally, I needed the space so I just deleted them from the command line - but that's DEFINITELY NOT the behavior expected from a trashcan. The trashcan is for newbies -- and I can easily imagine a newbie in such a situation: with hundreds of useless GB taking up disk space and no newbie-friendly way to delete them. I bet your average newbie, seeing the option to empty the can was greyed-out, would "rightly" conclude that the can was empty. Although, things should be put in perspective. Just start using KDE4.x and you won't even NOTICE such minor annoyances anymore, with your plasmoids crashing, CPU usage skyrocketing, and bugs swarming all over the place ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 03 January 2009 03:55:40 pm JosipBroz wrote:
Trashcan is half-baked anyway. Some weeks ago I managed to get a few large videos deleted via su or root or I don't remember anymore, fact is, they got moved to my USER trash, but with ROOT privileges.
The problem is not Trashcan, but "su" command. If you just "su" in console and then run some GUI application, then you can do that. After "su" your environment is still of user that ran "su", not the root user. If you want to avoid similar problems then run "su -". That will give you real root user environment.
After that, I couldn't empty the can no matter what I tried. The option to empty it was simply greyed-out, although there were several gigs of space used. Finally, I needed the space so I just deleted them from the command line - but that's DEFINITELY NOT the behavior expected from a trashcan. The trashcan is for newbies -- and I can easily imagine a newbie in such a situation: with hundreds of useless GB taking up disk space and no newbie-friendly way to delete them. I bet your average newbie, seeing the option to empty the can was greyed-out, would "rightly" conclude that the can was empty.
Well, average newbie will not open console to switch to root and then start GUI application. There is no software on this plannet that can prevent users from going new paths and discover new problems. It is easy to patch "su" not to start without any parameters, but that will stand in my way. You just had bad luck running command that you don't know completely. If you would type "su -", "su root", "su someotheruser" everything would work fine. Don't blame trashcan, all credit belongs to you. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
participants (3)
-
jdd -
JosipBroz -
Rajko M.