On Qua, 21 Set 2011, Lisi wrote:
So now things are working again, but I would still like to know what went wrong, and shall work through all the suggestions until either I solve what went wrong or I run out of things to try.
We cannot guess, not with only the vague information you've given us. Some likely culprits (/var/log) have been noted, but only you can confirm that.
Several ways of discovering big files and directories have been given. Run them, and investigate the ones taking up more space.
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