[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-31 Thread Egmont Koblinger
> 1. I don't keep many files open forever, they are duly closed after being > used. Many created, filled up, closed, uploaded, and erased. > 2. FIles get created on /home > 3. / get overflown, not /home > 4. If your explanation were correct, /home would have been overflown. Sergei, you yourself h

[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-15 Thread Sergei Vorobyov
** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319667 Title: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot To manage notification

[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-15 Thread Sergei Vorobyov
1. I don't keep many files open forever, they are duly closed after being used. Many created, filled up, closed, uploaded, and erased. 2. FIles get created on /home 3. / get overflown, not /home 4. If your explanation were correct, /home would have been overflown. 5. I think you explanation (no

[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-15 Thread Sergei Vorobyov
strace dies as well -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319667 Title: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-15 Thread Theodore Ts'o
If you have processes keeping a file open, the space doesn't get reclaimed until the file is closed or the process is killed. Obviously, the latter tends to happen when you reboot a system. This is standard practice going back to 1970's and Unix; in fact, it is required by the POSIX standard. W

[Bug 1319667] Re: root file system 100% full, goes 52% after reboot

2014-05-15 Thread Sergei Vorobyov
now 5 hours from my initial report #df -h hangs *indefinetely*, whereas ncdu -x from / shows about 1/2 fullness (my root patition / is about 23G) 9,3GiB [##] /usr