[SOLVED] Update failed - Out of space?

[Bill Roberts]

Running an update and it fails with the following message:

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24.17-generic_2.6.24-17.25_amd64.deb (--unpack):
failed in buffer_write(fd) (10,ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during ~./lib/firmware/2.6.24-17-generic/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw' : no space left on device

It's obvious to me that I'm out of space on a device, but which one is a mystery. All of my drives have several GiB of free space, so I'm stumped.

Can someone tell me where to look? Is any other info necessary?

[zvacet]

You can try this commands and see if they make any change


sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

[Bill Roberts]

Already been there - it's not the archive that's out of space, it's the destination.

[zvacet]

sudo apt-get autoremove

[iaculallad]

Or you could remove older/unused linux-images to free spaces.

[Bill Roberts]

Or you could remove older/unused linux-images to free spaces.

Please tell me where to find and how to identify them.

[forestpixie]

Have a quick look in your menu list to see what you have in the list


cat /boot/grub/menu.list

Then check in synaptic for linux image and there will be all the kernels there - uninstall the old ones.

To check space on your drives use


df -h
If you have a seperate /boot partition check that in particular - but you can tell which is full - it gives a %

IF not sure post df -h here

[yogo]

Please tell me where to find and how to identify them.

But if you have several gigs left, that should not be necessary.

[zvacet]

Please tell me where to find and how to identify them.


In synaptic type in search box linux-image,and you will see list of that packages.Delete ones with lower number and leave 2.6.22-14 (Gutsy kernel).


sudo update-grub