Many programs misbehave when running out of disk space / can't login to fix
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Baltix |
Incomplete
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu |
Confirmed
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
A few hours ago, I installed some packages on my Ubuntu. That seemed to go fine,
I didn't notice anything unusual. What i didn't notice was, that this
installation had filled up my / . The first sign came from OOo, in which I was
writing a document. It refused to save any of my documents, and claimed that all
my other documents were corrupt. After messing around a bit, trying to save my
files, it crashed. My experience tells me that OOo sometimes acts strangely and
unreliable, so I tried logging out and back in. Of course, GDM wouldn't let me
log back in, since it couldn't "write my authentication file". I then noticed
that my / was filled, so I deleted some files via the terminal, hoping I then
could login. I could, but, strangely enough, only after a reboot.
Now, if I had been a regular user, I would have had no idea whatsoever about
what to do. At least, there should be some kind of warning system, and
preferrably some kind of system that ensures that system-critical resources is
preserved disk space (and for regular users, Gnome and OOo are system-critical,
too!).
summary: |
- Many programs misbehave when running out of disk space + Many programs misbehave when running out of disk space / can't login to + fix |
information type: | Public → Public Security |
information type: | Public Security → Private Security |
information type: | Private Security → Public |
*** Bug 23302 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***