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Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10

Bug #494313 reported by Cuong
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: yelp

Ubuntu 9.10 pop up the message "Low Disk Space", but I think that message is incorrect.
The partition for / is 30000 MB, and its used space is about 10%, but Ubuntu notify that it is no free space.
It may calculate more used space from other partition (/home partition)

# df (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg )
-----------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1 28834716 26964124 405868 99% /
udev 1543884 296 1543588 1% /dev
none 1543884 888 1542996 1% /dev/shm
none 1543884 312 1543572 1% /var/run
none 1543884 0 1543884 0% /var/lock
none 1543884 0 1543884 0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda2 46141412 24148100 19649432 56% /home

Disk Usage Analyzer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvcuong77/4170361885/ )
----------------------------------------------------------
Folder ----------- Usage
/ 100%
    + Home 88.1%
    +

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 9 11:09:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Cuong (pvcuong77) wrote :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Hmm, the message is definately correct. Your output of df shows your root partition is 99% full.

affects: yelp (Ubuntu) → gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Cuong (pvcuong77) wrote : Re: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10

Hi,

Thanks for your reply soon.
I want to describe the bug more clearly as below:
1. The output of df is incorrect.
    /dev/sda1             28834716  26943508    426484  99% /
   Because: The size of all file in the partition /dev/sda1 < 4GB (All file/folder in directory / except /home which mounts other partition: /dev/sda2) while the size of root partition is 28GB.
  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg)

2. I think the proplem is: df hasn't minus the size of /home which mount other partition.

Cuong.

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Chris Coulson <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Chris Coulson <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 3:40 PM

Hmm, the message is definately correct. Your output of df shows your
root partition is 99% full.

** Package changed: yelp (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)

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Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494313
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Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: yelp

Ubuntu 9.10 pop up the message "Low Disk Space", but I think that message is incorrect.
The partition for / is 30000 MB, and its used space is about 10%, but Ubuntu notify that it is no free space.
It may calculate more used space from other partition (/home partition)

# df  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg )
-----------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1             28834716  26964124    405868  99% /
udev                   1543884       296   1543588   1% /dev
none                   1543884       888   1542996   1% /dev/shm
none                   1543884       312   1543572   1% /var/run
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /var/lock
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda2             46141412  24148100  19649432  56% /home

Disk Usage Analyzer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvcuong77/4170361885/ )
----------------------------------------------------------
Folder ----------- Usage
/                        100%
    + Home         88.1%
    +

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec  9 11:09:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Cuong (pvcuong77) wrote : Resolved: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
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Hi,

I have found the reason.
The df output is correct.
I use du to find out a big file (23GB) in /var, while the "Disk Usage Analyzer" only report /var with 308.8MB.

Many thanks.
Regards,
Cuong.

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Cuong <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Cuong <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 11:53 PM

Hi,

Thanks for your reply soon.
I want to describe the bug more clearly as below:
1. The output of df is incorrect.
    /dev/sda1             28834716  26943508    426484  99% /
   Because: The size of all file in the partition /dev/sda1 < 4GB (All file/folder in directory / except /home which mounts other partition: /dev/sda2) while the size of root partition is 28GB.
  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg)

2. I think the proplem is: df hasn't minus the size of /home which mount
other partition.

Cuong.

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Chris Coulson <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Chris Coulson <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 3:40 PM

Hmm, the message is definately correct. Your output of df shows your
root partition is 99% full.

** Package changed: yelp (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)

--
Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494313
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: yelp

Ubuntu 9.10 pop up the message "Low Disk Space", but I think that message is incorrect.
The partition for / is 30000 MB, and its used space is about 10%, but Ubuntu notify that it is no free space.
It may calculate more used space from other partition (/home partition)

# df  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg )
-----------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1             28834716  26964124    405868  99% /
udev                   1543884       296   1543588   1% /dev
none                   1543884       888   1542996   1% /dev/shm
none                   1543884       312   1543572   1% /var/run
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /var/lock
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda2             46141412  24148100  19649432  56% /home

Disk Usage Analyzer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvcuong77/4170361885/ )
----------------------------------------------------------
Folder ----------- Usage
/                        100%
    + Home         88.1%
    +

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec  9 11:09:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
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rbaleksandar (redbaronqueen) wrote :

Using Ubuntu 9.10.

  Since there is already a good description of the problem, I'll keep it short and clear:
Same problem with me. I have separate mount points for /, /home and /tmp. In /home I have about 5GB free. When I download a big file (for example the alternative Ubuntu CD) on the desktop I get a warning that I have less than 1.9GB free disk space. I looked in Gparted (refreshed the data a couple of time just to make sure), while having this message in front of me, and all I can see is that I have a little bit more than 4GB. I also checked with the Disk Analyzer - same thing there.

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Cuong (pvcuong77) wrote : Re: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10

    In my case, the user permission  is problem. So when I run Disk Analyzer with root's permission, I can see some big hidden file which I cannot with user's permission.
  Hope this can help.

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, rbaleksandar <email address hidden> wrote:

From: rbaleksandar <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 494313] Re: Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 1:50 PM

Using Ubuntu 9.10.

  Since there is already a good description of the problem, I'll keep it short and clear:
Same problem with me. I have separate mount points for /, /home and /tmp. In /home I have about 5GB free. When I download a big file (for example the alternative Ubuntu CD) on the desktop I get a warning that I have less than 1.9GB free disk space. I looked in Gparted (refreshed the data a couple of time just to make sure), while having this message in front of me, and all I can see is that I have a little bit more than 4GB. I also checked with the Disk Analyzer - same thing there.

--
Incorrect message "Low Disk Space" on Ubuntu 9.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494313
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: yelp

Ubuntu 9.10 pop up the message "Low Disk Space", but I think that message is incorrect.
The partition for / is 30000 MB, and its used space is about 10%, but Ubuntu notify that it is no free space.
It may calculate more used space from other partition (/home partition)

# df  (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4170362029_181be4e474_m.jpg )
-----------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1             28834716  26964124    405868  99% /
udev                   1543884       296   1543588   1% /dev
none                   1543884       888   1542996   1% /dev/shm
none                   1543884       312   1543572   1% /var/run
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /var/lock
none                   1543884         0   1543884   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda2             46141412  24148100  19649432  56% /home

Disk Usage Analyzer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvcuong77/4170361885/ )
----------------------------------------------------------
Folder ----------- Usage
/                        100%
    + Home         88.1%
    +

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec  9 11:09:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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