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    Disk space issue

    Hello!

    My system is running out of disk space and I did

    user@user-MS-7817:~$ du .
    Then I noticed 59666340 ./.cache/upstart .... and this one looks terribly big.

    Is there any way I could resize that? If so how?

    Thanks

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    Re: Disk space issue

    You could resize your harddisk using the Ubuntu installation image. Boot from USB or CD and fire up Partition Editor to tinker with the various partitions. I am not sure what this cache partition of yours is though.

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Quote Originally Posted by spacerocket View Post
    Hello!

    My system is running out of disk space and I did



    Then I noticed 59666340 ./.cache/upstart .... and this one looks terribly big.

    Is there any way I could resize that? If so how?

    Thanks
    I'd check what you have in there that's causing the size - but I've deleted one and it gets rebuilt on reboot.

    Quote Originally Posted by wieman01 View Post
    ... I am not sure what this cache partition of yours is though.
    Mine is holding a set of logs and crash log backups.

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Elfy View Post
    Mine is holding a set of logs and crash log backups.
    Yes, so is mine. But who knows...

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Quote Originally Posted by wieman01 View Post
    Yes, so is mine. But who knows...
    I don't - hence the
    I'd check what you have in there that's causing the size

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Elfy View Post
    I don't - hence the
    I got it, Mr Elfy.

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    Re: Disk space issue

    "You could resize your harddisk using the Ubuntu installation image. Boot from USB or CD and fire up Partition Editor to tinker with the various partitions."

    Ok so I boot from original Ubuntu CD and find Partition Editor. That is some program? I thought it was gparted.

    "I'd check what you have in there that's causing the size"

    How can I check it?

    Thanks

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Quote Originally Posted by spacerocket View Post
    "You could resize your harddisk using the Ubuntu installation image. Boot from USB or CD and fire up Partition Editor to tinker with the various partitions."

    Ok so I boot from original Ubuntu CD and find Partition Editor. That is some program? I thought it was gparted.

    "I'd check what you have in there that's causing the size"

    How can I check it?

    Thanks
    It is gparted.

    Code:
    du ~/.cache/upstart/ -a -BK
    will tell you what files you have in there and their apparent sizes in Kb

    I'd be looking for one's that are bigger than a few kilobytes.

    Alternatively - just open it in nautilus.

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    Re: Disk space issue

    user@user-MS-7817:~$ du ~/.cache/upstart/ -a -BK
    Code:
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.2.gz
    24K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.2.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.5.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.3.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.5.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.6.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.1.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.1.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.1.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.7.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/logrotate.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus-session
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log.4.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/im-config.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.2.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.6.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log
    720K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/hud.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.1.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.5.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/at-spi2-registryd.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.2.gz
    0K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log.3.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/update-notifier-release.log.6.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/dbus.log.2.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/upstart-file-bridge.log.5.gz
    8K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log.7.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/unity7.log.4.gz
    4K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/window-stack-bridge.log.4.gz
    1100K    /home/user/.cache/upstart/
    Last edited by Elfy; April 23rd, 2014 at 01:34 PM.

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    Re: Disk space issue

    Doesn't look like it's very big to me.

    What do you get from
    Code:
    df -h
    and
    Code:
    sudo du -h --max-depth=1 /

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