Impossible to launch apps/login on disk full, no feedback

[Fabián Rodríguez]

Using Dapper, updated from lates March 5 nightly on i386

(this is not f-spot specific but rather distribution-wide, as opposed to another specific bug for f-spot I posted before - pls. re-assign to correct package).

After filling up a hard disk by copying large amounts of data to a standard home directory, the desktop reponds slowly and no applications can be started. Logout is OK, but user can't login back, GDM simply restarts.

This was reproduced several times with f-spot while importing a large library of images. The default option for importing in f-spot copies the pics files to local disk. This has been reported as a bug in f-spot too which should check for available fisk space before importing data (see linked bug).

Work around:
1) Use CTRL-ALT-F1 to gain access to console or boot in "recovery mode", login
2) "rm -rf ~/Photos" to erase all pictures imported and make room on the HD
3) reboot / relogin with GUI

[Andrew Mitchell (ajmitch)]

Not an f-spot bug, please refile/reassign against an appropriate package

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

User should get a warning message, when volume, where user's home is located is on low disk space.
AFAIK *gnome-volume-manager* can monitor free space in the volume, so, maybe it can display a warning message, when volume, where user's home is located is on low disk space ?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

g-v-m warns the user about low disk space since Dapper.

[188236 (christian-bernstein)]

I had the same problem after installing several files. Problem: For new or unexperienced user it is impossible to solve the problem, because they have no chance to access their computer (Who knows that CTRL-ALT-F1 reachs the terminal?).
There should be a warning, if disk space is running low, BEFORE one installs software on the system. If there exists already such a tool (??) it should be standard extension in the packet managers...

Especially for end users this is a really deadly bug, because they dont know how to fix it.

I also miss a standard tool to check disc-space and one to clean up the system automatically on low disc-space (like there is one in windows...)

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Przemysław Kulczycki, please don't change the status of the bugs in Baltix distribution until you aren't Baltix developer or an active user
(see http://launchpad.net/~baltix). At least don't mark bugs, assigned to Baltix by main Baltix GNU/Linux developer (Mantas Kriaučiūnas), as invalid. If you wanna become Baltix developer please write me a letter.