[SOLVED] MASSIVE problem with KDE

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:52 am

hi everyone

ive got a huge problem with KDE in mandriva 2008. KDE has given up. when i try to log in, it says ' problem detected while trying to load KDE, tmp run out of space' then it says could not start kmserver, check your installation' then goes back to logon screen

what do i do???

any replies much appreciated!

dougal2 · Post by **dougal2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:10 am

check your free disk space ?

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:14 am

how do i do that? and if there isnt any, what do i do to free some up?

Post by **OnoSendai** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:18 am

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:23 am

whats df?

Post by **OnoSendai** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:05 am

Type 'df' in a shell (command line)
Tells you the amount of disk free

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:15 am

oh, i see. thanks

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:42 am

ok, its official, the drive is full

typed df nd got

filesystem size used avail use%
/dev/sda5 5.1G 4.9G 0 100%

so i spose id better delete some stuff and/or resize my partitions, except i dont know how to delete stuff when i cant even log on and i dont know how to expand the mandriva partition from windows when the 'expand' option is blanked out

dougal2 · Post by **dougal2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:55 am

well if you managed to get into a condole the following commands may help:

ls
show directory contents
ls -la
show directory contents, with details and hidden files

cd folder
chage directory to folder

cd ..
change folder up one level

cd ../../
change folder up 2 levels
(and so on)

cp file folder
copy a file to folder

mv file folder
move a file to folder

mv file1 file2
rename file1 to file2

rm file
delete file

first i would recommend that you
cd /tmp
into the temp folder,
ls
the files there to see if any junk is filling the disk
and
rm
any junk files.

dougal2 · Post by **dougal2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:56 am

more info if you google something like "linux beginner commands"
eg.
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/basic.shtml

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:18 am

hmmm, tried cd/tmp and it says 'no such file or directory'. what am i doing wrong?

dougal2 · Post by **dougal2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:00 am

put a space in between cd and /tmp

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:49 am

lol ok, thanks

ok, deleted what i could in the tmp folder, and most of the stuff in my pictures too, but it hasnt made a difference. is there any other directory that might be clogging thigs up?

dougal2 · Post by **dougal2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:26 am

I wouldn't like to say as I'm not at all familiar with Mandriva.
How much free space do you now have ?
Can you not move other large documents onto USB sticks or external HDs ?

cheese on toast2 · Post by **cheese on toast2** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:39 am

well, it says i still have 0GB free. also, i dont have a memory stick or an external HD. would moving to vista work? and if so, how would i go about doing that?

[SOLVED] MASSIVE problem with KDE

[SOLVED] MASSIVE problem with KDE

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