Danger Will Robinson - the rm command should be : rm /mnt/home/foo
(not that it would have worked without a -f but the implication was pretty bad) - agree the rest, would also suggest checking permissions/ownership on your home Martin On 26 May 2010 14:34, Jonathan Gowar <j...@positive-internet.com> wrote: > Take out your detective hat, and work through what the system suggests ;) > > "out of disk space or that your home dir could not be opened for writing" > > As Michele suggested, I'd boot from a liveCD, and mount the home > partition on your internal HDD to /mnt (or similar). > > If it doesn't mount, run "tail /var/log/kern.log" to diagnose why. > > If mounted, run "df -h" and look at disk usage on /mnt, where your home > partition is mounted. > > If the diskspace looks acceptable, then run "touch /mnt/home/foo" if > there's a problem writing to the disk, this command will spew out an > error message. If it doesn't run "rm /mnt/home" to remove the file. > > Let us know what happens with the above suggestions, unless anyone else > as an elegant solution? > > Cheers, > Jon > > p.s. alternatively, bring the drive with you next meet, and I'll bring a > box to boot it onto ;) --we'll get it sorted. > > On 26/05/10 12:12, Michele Mor wrote: > > Hi Richard. > > I would use a LiveCd (ubuntu or anything else) and maybe copy some data > > off your home directory. > > It could be that the backup created big temp files on your HD and filled > > all the available space. > > > > But I'm not expert, so probably you better wait suggestions from other > > people. > > > > Michele > > > > big problem,need some help i am running a dual boot win/ubuntu, when > > i boot ubuntu and try to sign in this is the message on screen > > > > gdm could not write to your authorisation file this could mean that > > you are out of disk space or that your home dir could not be opened > > for writing,in any case it is not possible you log in.please contact > > your administrator, i need a administrater > > how do i get it up and running the only thing that i might have > > caused this was when i last used it, i was trying to find out how to > > do a backup of the files on it, any help to get me up and running > > would be much appreciated > > regards richard > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now. > > <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > -- > All postal correspondence to: Positive House, 24 Broadway, London. W13 0SU > > The Positive Internet Company Limited is registered in England and Wales. > Registered company number: 3673639. VAT no: 726 7072 28. > Registered office: Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, Herts, EN4 9EE. > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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