[SOLVED] Insufficient disk space "/tmp"

windstory · 08-14-2009, 12:35 AM

Insufficient disk space "/tmp"
For this problem, I could not login to KDE.

How can I fix this?

chrism01 · 08-14-2009, 01:00 AM

You'll need to go in there and delete some files. Be careful, best thing is to reboot first. Many services/tools will delete their temp files during reboot.
Then run

df -k

and see what it says.
If its still an issue try

du -sk /tmp

windstory · 08-14-2009, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

You'll need to go in there and delete some files. Be careful, best thing is to reboot first. Many services/tools will delete their temp files during reboot.
Then run

df -k

and see what it says.
If its still an issue try

du -sk /tmp

chrism01/ I rebooted already for free space.
My hard disk is 260G, but "df -l" reports "64G".
How can I fix or enlarge this?

At this time I could not launch KDE.

"du -sk /tmp" reports "88 /tmp"

jdkaye · 08-14-2009, 03:45 AM

Are you dual-booting (another systems is present on your HD)? Are you able to look at what partitions you have and what space is allocated to each partition. You obviously don't have enough for your linux partition.

Also try booting in single-user or safe mode. You may be able to run the df command like that.

jdk

centosboy · 08-14-2009, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windstory

chrism01/ I rebooted already for free space.
My hard disk is 260G, but "df -l" reports "64G".
How can I fix or enlarge this?

At this time I could not launch KDE.

"du -sk /tmp" reports "88 /tmp"

First log in in text mode and remove some files.
Best place to start is in the /var/logs directory or just do a general search for files bigger then a certain size such

jdkaye · 08-14-2009, 04:13 AM

I really don't think the number of files in /tmp is the problem. This sort of thing happens when you're running out of space on a partition in general. In any event the output of df should give the answer.
jdk

windstory · 08-14-2009, 01:25 PM

Thanks for your comments.
I got "system-config-lvm" command from some guy.

tredegar · 08-14-2009, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Insufficient disk space "/tmp"

Where is /tmp mounted?

Please post the output of mount which will help us help you.

Quote:

I got "system-config-lvm" command from some guy.

This isn't going to help you unless you are running a LVM. Who is "some guy" ? Where is the link ?

You are not providing us with any useful information to help us diagnose your problem:
What exact distro are you running (what did you install, and how?) and how is it running (as a standalone boot, or as a "virtual machine"?)