hey i created a 26 gig partition for ubuntu but in my home folder it says a only have like 83 mb of free space. so i can't really add music or anything to my computer. please help thanks.
sony vaio p series. 60 gig hard drrive. ubuntu 11.04
hey i created a 26 gig partition for ubuntu but in my home folder it says a only have like 83 mb of free space. so i can't really add music or anything to my computer. please help thanks.
sony vaio p series. 60 gig hard drrive. ubuntu 11.04
doesn't sound right. are you getting a warning about disk space when you boot up?
if not open a terminal and enter the command df and see what that says.
yeah ii get that message some times and theres nothing for me to delete.
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop0 2765720 2482980 142248 95% /
none 1018292 672 1017620 1% /dev
none 1024896 276 1024620 1% /dev/shm
none 1024896 104 1024792 1% /var/run
none 1024896 0 1024896 0% /var/lock
/dev/sda3 25110524 3863868 21246656 16% /host
but thats what it says
yep, you used it up.
download bleachbit if you can and follow the instructions and run it
if your lucky,that will free up one or two gig
its in the software center
Last edited by tink2520; May 15th, 2011 at 12:41 AM. Reason: spelling error
ok, those warnings were there for a reason. some actions take a loooong time. no sudo this time. open bleachbit as user and just check everything that does not give you a warning box. once is enough
Oh I most definitely heed those warnings and only used sudo the last go round. I've learned my lesson about not erring on the conservative side. I think my real problem is a faulty hard drive that is spamming itself to an early grave. It seems it wasn't just bleachbit having erratic responses but any program, default or otherwise, seemed to have the same issues. Some confirmed deletion while the packages were obviously still there and others just gave up while issuing odd warnings about a random circumstance.
I was using these programs to try and extend what little life she has left but it seems a replacement is needed asap. I want to back up all my configurations and programs and recently tried backintime and it seemed t be doing well until the end when it only saved partials of some files and zero for others. And my memory is filling up faster than I can delete (maybe delete) them. And with the cpu at 100% almost consistently it is hard to accomplish even the most mundane tasks. I will be receiving a new dell laptop within a few weeks and I want to have an exact replica of my current laptop. What can I do to quickly free upor add to my memory so I can get everything I need before it finally self destructs?
I seem to behaving difficulty compressing files as well, so it makes it hard to transfer to a usb or cd. I also dont have a live cd because it was an install from a friend, who as it figures, is currently unavailable to solve all these issues for me. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and would keep me from helping her into an earlier demise.
ALso it seems that xorg seems to be running away with itself which seems to be a big part of the memory issue as well as speed. 2nd runner up is gnome..I think they are having a race because if its nt one its the other.
wow, forget bleachbit. can you get someone to burn you a cd ?
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
i guess worst case would be to take it to a shop
EDIT some one with a high speed internet
Last edited by jerrrys; May 15th, 2011 at 03:42 PM.
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