Why I hate updates ... Thanks Michael ...

[Michael Butash]

You need to clear some disk space and get it working again, maybe run a
fsck.  Usually after doing so even with ext2/3/4 it'll boot again, but it
gets a weird hard lock when full that buggers it.  Lovely behaviour.

Using LVM, even filling a working disk I can work with it, where I can't
with a raw partition.  No idea why, but just a fact I've run into many
times.  Figure a limitation or quirk of the FS.

If another system available, offload your user directory, particularly
.config and your libreoffice files within to launch externally and restore
work, even temporarily to get back up.  Clearing space might work in
general if you can figure out what is filling up your disk.

-mb

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 2:45 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Thanks Michael.
>
> Yes, I do realize that I probably need to build a
> completely different system, but for now, I just
> have to find ways to keep my old system working.
>
> Now, after a reboot, I have most everything working
> again, but for now, I mainly just need to find out
> how to unlock Libre Office documents.
>
>
> ------------------
> On 2021-03-13 at 1:58 pm, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > This is why I stopped using physical partitions and LVM instead
> > entirely.
> >
> > If you fill your physical partition, it really doesn't like it, and
> > all hell breaks loose, as you see.  Boot from a boot cd, clear some
> > space, and reboot.
> >
> > Start with "sudo du -h --max-depth=1", figure out what is filling your
> > disk, and delete some.  Reboot.  Usually logs, updates, packages, etc
> > cruft - kill it all.
> >
> > When it's sane, move to a more agreeable FS structure, use LVM, I can
> > fill a disk and stay up, much less impact if/when this occurs.
> >
> > I break /var and /var/log into separate partitions always, these are
> > typically what fill and break.  Keep them separate with LVM's, much
> > happier to recover if any one fills up.  I normally keep /usr with
> > debians separate too, but arch installs hate this.  Also I keep /home
> > separate, as I fill this commonly, which breaks anything running in
> > userland if/when occurring.
> >
> > Funny, I do this because this is how we installed solaris this way
> > with slices like +20-some years ago to not blow up, but
> > over-simplification these days ignores fun facts like these.
> >
> > -mb
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 12:57 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss
> > <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Yesterday, I did another update on my Linux Mint 17 system
> >> and today numerous things that previously worked fine
> >> no longer work, including Libre Office.
> >>
> >> And, I now see that all the space on sda1 is filled
> >> so I have zero space available.
> >>
> >> Also, I tried to download a pdf file which should have
> >> gone to sda6 and I got a message "No space available."
> >>
> >> What can I do to remedy this nightmare?
> >>
> >> I am willing to pay for help if one of my PLUG
> >> friends would be willing to help me fix this.
> >>
> >> Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
> >> udev             4006644        4   4006640   1% /dev
> >> tmpfs             805480     1560    803920   1% /run
> >> /dev/sda1       19091584 18141912         0 100% /
> >> none                   4        0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> >> none                5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
> >> none             4027392    25920   4001472   1% /run/shm
> >> none              102400       20    102380   1% /run/user
> >> /dev/sda6      101787928 33524948  63069256  35% /home
> >>
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