[SOLVED] Home Is Full

borgward · 01-28-2019, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

What do you see when you press <ENTER> while the highlight is on the 424.3 GiB line?

Nothing happens.

borgward · 01-28-2019, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

"inxi -F" should show the disk partitions. Can you make that command "df-hT", and what does this show

Code:

sudo parted /dev/sda "print free"

Any messages for /dev/sda in the liveCD logs ?.

No "Logs" gui in 18.0 Live. Booted 19.1 Cinnamon Live - Menu - Adnin - Logs.

sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
SCSI 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
SCSI 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD 10JPLX-00M 1H01 PQ:0 ANSI:5

I also searched Logs for sdb - nothing there

mrmazda · 01-28-2019, 12:37 PM

Please provide a screenshot of running ncdu showing the 424.3 GiB line.

borgward · 01-28-2019, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

Please provide a screenshot of running ncdu showing the 424.3 GiB line.

Attached the screenshot

mrmazda · 01-28-2019, 02:54 PM

I believe something has created a 424.3 GiB file named sdb in your homedir /home/tom/. What is output from?

Code:

ls -lSG /home/tom/ | head -n6

borgward · 01-28-2019, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

I believe something has created a 424.3 GiB file named sdb in your homedir /home/tom/. What is output from?

Code:

ls -lSG /home/tom/ | head -n6

Here is the result of the command

mrmazda · 01-28-2019, 04:16 PM

Yes indeed, something has created a file owned by root named sdb that is 424.3 GiB. Unless you know what it is or is good for, and needed, remove it using root permission.

greencedar · 01-28-2019, 04:39 PM

Just a quick note. I have been following this issue. Very interesting, informative and helpful.

borgward · 01-28-2019, 04:58 PM

Success! The solution was easy. I am back on my laptop now. I have 430.3 GB space free in home. I restarted Mint after removing the sdb file owned by root just to make sure "sdb" was really gone. I now look at the screen at an angle after I shut down, just to make sure the computer is really off. It may appear black, but if you look at it at an angle and it has a slight blue cast to it it is not off. Earlier versions of Mint would not shut down completely after removing the Live disk and pressing ENTER.

Thanks a lot for all the help. Will edit the original post as solved.