On 10/09/2014, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/09/2014, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will >>> crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur. >> >> I very much doubt that any such damage would occur by deleting it, but >> the following incantation is one answer: >> >> tal% ls -alh .xsession-errors >> -rw------- 1 chrisb chrisb 33K Sep 9 17:40 .xsession-errors >> >> tal% :> .xsession-errors >> tal% ls -alh .xsession-errors >> -rw------- 1 chrisb chrisb 0 Sep 9 21:25 .xsession-errors >> > > Well, that kind of works. > > Before seeing the above message, after someone previously saying that > deleting the file would not cause any (extra) problems, but would not > free up disc space, I deleted the file, then ran "Empty Trash Can", > but, no disc space was freed, then, subsequently, I observed that a > new file had been created; > .xsession-errors.old > with a size of about 33kB, and so I overwrote that, as described > above, and that reduced its size to zero, but, I now do not have the > original file with which to do that, and, I have about 750MB of > missing disc space. > > I have had to move files off the HDD, to make it usable (it does not > work with no free space, which is what the file did to it). > > Does a way exist, for me to reclaim the vanished disc space, without > having to reboot the computer? > > Maybe this is why, as I posted some time ago, resources repeatedly got > progressively consumed, until no free resources were available, so the > system required rebooting every couple of weeks or so (a bit like > Win95, I think it was, but, I believe that Win95 generally lasted for > about four weeks, before needing rebooting), or, it simply crashed. > >
Just out of interest, "top" shows the system as having been up for 21 days, so, the xsession-errors file grew to 743MB, in 21 days. I saw, at the top of that file, before I deleted it, reference to 21 August, so, the file apparently, grows quite fast. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8p54xsm1ef__uqsidymiu-go_l6m2neaqimjpjphhf...@mail.gmail.com
