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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Show warning when disk space on root (/) is low
From:       Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-07-01 19:51:35
Message-ID: CAAfNz7Z8Z8OXLaEA1QbE6XqjE7GF+=58X4SLzYakyPs2+gd7bQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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I think that would be a great feature. However, scanning / would have to be
done as sudo and not in regular user mode.


On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Gregor Mi <codestruct@posteo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when trying to update an openSUSE computer I ran into the following
> scenario:
>
> 1. Use Apper from the notification area to install the proposed updates.
> 2. Apper aborts at some point and shows the message "aborted by user".
> 3. After some searching I found out that the root partition was full
> because of a large /tmp/ directory.
>
> => Wouldn't it be nice if the user gets notified about low disk space on
> root?
>
> I found that there exists an module called "Free Space Notifier" [1].
> Does anything speak against extending it to also monitor and notify
> about the root partition (and maybe propose to delete /tmp/)?
>
> Best regards
>
> Gregor
>
> [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/21317/what-is-free-space-notifier
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<div dir="ltr">I think that would be a great feature. However, scanning / would have \
to be done as sudo and not in regular user mode.  </div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:39 PM, \
Gregor Mi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:codestruct@posteo.org" \
target="_blank">codestruct@posteo.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br>
when trying to update an openSUSE computer I ran into the following<br>
scenario:<br>
<br>
1. Use Apper from the notification area to install the proposed updates.<br>
2. Apper aborts at some point and shows the message &quot;aborted by user&quot;.<br>
3. After some searching I found out that the root partition was full<br>
because of a large /tmp/ directory.<br>
<br>
=&gt; Wouldn&#39;t it be nice if the user gets notified about low disk space on<br>
root?<br>
<br>
I found that there exists an module called &quot;Free Space Notifier&quot; [1].<br>
Does anything speak against extending it to also monitor and notify<br>
about the root partition (and maybe propose to delete /tmp/)?<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
<br>
Gregor<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/21317/what-is-free-space-notifier" \
target="_blank">http://askubuntu.com/questions/21317/what-is-free-space-notifier</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Celeste Lyn Paul<br>KDE \
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