Re: dpkg: error,processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb,(--unpack):
On 2008-07-05 07:49 +0200, gary turner wrote:
> (Reading database ... 85648 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking ia32-libs-gtk (from .../ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb) ...
> dpkg: error
> processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
> failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during
> `./emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4.4.0': No space left on device
>
> If the "No space left on device" means what I think it does, I'm
> confused. This is a new install with lots of room on the disk. 2.1GB
> used in /usr, and 407MB in /var
Learn reading. ;-) The offending file lives is in /emul, i.e. on the
root partition, not in /usr.
> aretha:/home/gt# fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x20000000
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 31 248976 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 32 274 1951897+ 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda3 275 1490 9767520 83 Linux
> /dev/sda4 1491 37477 289065577+ 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 1491 2706 9767488+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 2707 6353 29294496 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 6354 37477 250003498+ 83 Linux
>
> aretha:/home/gt# cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/sda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/sda7 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
> /dev/sda6 /opt ext3 defaults 0 2
> /dev/sda3 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
> /dev/sda5 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
> /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
So you have less than 250 Megabyte for the root partition. With today's
big kernels that is pretty tight.
> The question is how do I clean up the mess? Right now, I'm unable to
> remove or install anything (apt) as any attempt recalls this error.
> I'm not averse to simply re-installing the dist, but would rather know
> how I got into the mess in the first place, and what to do about it.
Try to remove old kernels, that should give you back some space. But in
the long run you may need to increase the root filesystem to prevent the
error from reoccuring.
Sven
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