On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:37:32PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 25/10/2014, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sb, 25 oct 14, 19:04:18, Bret Busby wrote: > >> > >> :~# df -h > >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > ... > >> /dev/sda8 77G 73G 194M 100% /home > > > > Can't tell if this is the source of you problems, but I've seen all > > sorts of strange failures with a full /home, including X not starting at > > all. You should probably do something about this. > > > > Kind regards, > > Andrei > > > > With the discrepancy shown; > Size: 77G > Used: 73G > Avail : 194M > MIA: 4G > > I am wondering whether the time has come, for Linux to implement disc > defragmenting. Some filesystems available in linux *do* support defragmentation: XFS has xfs_fsr for online defragmentation, just as an example. I believe there are general-purpose programs that use the same algorithm, too (copy the file, delete the copy with fewer fragments, repeat). However, I don't think this "MIA" amount is due to fragmentation, but is actually the portion reserved for root: 5% of 77 is 3.85 ~= 4. > > What I have observed, in insufficient resources (apart from when I run > out of space for downloading incoming email), is notsomuch > insufficient disc space, but, the problem of the memory not swapping > (note the memory usage, and, the swap space usage), leading to things > going wonky. > > Also, some times, when the home partition disc space gets close top > running out, and I have to force a reboot for other reasons, the > rebooting magically frees up as much as about 1 to 1.5 gigabyte of > disc space. Strange. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] CACX6j8PAr1UxJUgiAgr7OZDhKbGedo=fOH1j4rnUskpWkTqjOQ@mail.gmail.com">https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] CACX6j8PAr1UxJUgiAgr7OZDhKbGedo=fOH1j4rnUskpWkTqjOQ@mail.gmail.com >
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