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I got the Hp 2133 mini notebook not to long ago maybe back in april. But they got a linux instead of Windows. I have yet to save anything on the computer, but everytime i logged on, i was usuing up disk space. Now I cant even log on and it gives me the message GDM Could not write to your authorization. Im sure i am not the first to receive this message. I dont know what to do. Its a Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. I tried entering commands that ive seen on here that helped others. But its not working for me. I havent been able to use the laptop since may.
i dont understand. I've only been able to go online. I have yet been able to save anything. How can i delete to obtain my space again? Thank you so much for your help!!
You can get an idea of what's taking up your space with this:
Code:
cd /
du -sh
That will print a list with the directories that hang below your root directory /
Then you can use the cd command to go into these directories and run du -sh again after entering a new directory until you can narrow what's taking up all the space. However, the hard drive seems to be not so big, if 3gb is all you have. And suse enterprise 10 is not the slicker distribution around, so in fact, and depending on what did they install in your disk, it could be that your system is taking up all the space.
I am a bit disoriented though, according to this web
You can get an idea of what's taking up your space with this:
Code:
cd /
du -sh
That will print a list with the directories that hang below your root directory /
Then you can use the cd command to go into these directories and run du -sh again after entering a new directory until you can narrow what's taking up all the space. However, the hard drive seems to be not so big, if 3gb is all you have. And suse enterprise 10 is not the slicker distribution around, so in fact, and depending on what did they install in your disk, it could be that your system is taking up all the space.
I am a bit disoriented though, according to this web
I just tried cd/ and it says command not found. then i tried du -sh and it says permission denied. and then i tried fdisk -l and it says command not found.
I was told too that it was supposed to be big. But if i go on the internet 7 times, it starts prompting me im out of disk space. and then locks me out. I am very confused. ive heard nothing but good things about linux, so i want to keep it and learn to use it, but its kind of hard to...locked out haha.
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You can get an idea of what's taking up your space with this:
Code:
cd /
du -sh
Then you can use the cd command to go into these directories and run du -sh again after entering a new directory until you can narrow what's taking up all the space.
Much more effective is to use the command such as:
I just tried cd/ and it says command not found. then i tried du -sh and it says permission denied. and then i tried fdisk -l and it says command not found.
It's "cd /", with a blank space in the middle.
As "du -sh", you need to log as the root user to be able to recurse all the directories in /, however let's forget about that. I am more interested about the fdisk -l output, try either of those instead:
Code:
/sbin/fdisk -l
# or
/usr/sbin/fdisk -l
There must be something strange with your setup, as I told you above, I reall doubt that 3.1gb is all your storage space.
Then remove the files you don't want
Make sure you don't need them any more
Code:
rm filename
the file name would be the entire entry that pops up? it says they are pictures. I dont remeber ever saving any pictures... Pictures take up that much space?!?!
So this computer wouldnt be a good computer for my to use while in college?
As "du -sh", you need to log as the root user to be able to recurse all the directories in /, however let's forget about that. I am more interested about the fdisk -l output, try either of those instead:
Code:
/sbin/fdisk -l
# or
/usr/sbin/fdisk -l
There must be something strange with your setup, as I told you above, I reall doubt that 3.1gb is all your storage space.
when i used /usr/sbin/fdisk -l it said no such file number or directory
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