Re: 100% used / file system. Help!
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:05:38 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 September 2011 15:47:22 Camaleón wrote:
>> Lisi, calm down and don't forget the good manners of sending plain text
>> formatted e-mails ;-)
>
> Sorry, Camaleón. :-( I *never* turn HTML on. I have it unticked. I
> simply don't know why KMail sometimes does, but I don't always know that
> it has done so until someone complains.
:-)
Kmail is a very good MUA, there has to be a "switch" you can toggle on to
instruct that all messages are by default formatted as text and not
"html" or "auto". That setting uses to be under mail compositing
preferences, but I can't be more precise about the exact place as now I
don't use Kmail.
> Yes, I am now tearing my hair out as well as panicking. :-( I *really*
> need this computer now. I deleted two very large thumbnails files - and
> it has made no difference whatsoever.
So you could finally log in?
If yes, just follow the advice you got from the other co-listers and also
from me to find out what file/folder is fulfilling your precious space.
But usually big files are located at "/var/log/*" so I would start from
there.
> I can't work from a live CD because no amount of trial and error or
> googling can tell me how to either change at the command line from a us
> to a uk keyboard or, alternatively, find the location of the %$&*"**
> pipe on a us keyboard so that I can press the right key.
Note that you don't need a LiveCD if you can log in as root. As per the
keyboard layout on this kind of media, usually you can select it at boot
time from the menu. At the bottom there are some presets already made
(screen resolution, keyboard layout...) but you can change that values,
although this varies from a LiveCD to other so YMMV.
A final note: when using a us keyboard layout with a non-us keyboard,
it's possible that you can get the pipe "|" symbol by pressing "shift+#",
but I have not tested O:-)
> I think I had better go and drink a large number of cups of tea.
Yep, that always helps to see the things "crystal-clear". Should you
still need further advice, simply tell.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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