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| Started by | Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> |
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| First post | 2016-09-17 19:10 +0200 |
| Last post | 2016-09-17 22:50 +0200 |
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Difficulties with Firefox/iceweasel Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-17 19:10 +0200
Re: Difficulties with Firefox/iceweasel Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-17 19:30 +0200
Re: Difficulties with Firefox/iceweasel Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-17 22:50 +0200
| From | Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> |
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| Date | 2016-09-17 19:10 +0200 |
| Subject | Difficulties with Firefox/iceweasel |
| Message-ID | <sirhL-5iS-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
During my experimentation with Iceweasel, described in another post, I have received warnings from the OS that /tmp was filling up. It seems that when running a video a buffer is opened in /tmp, and /tmp fills up rapidly. At the moment, df /tmp tells me that 3% of /tmp is used. When I'm trying to play a video, only 1% of /tmp is available, and the video grinds to a halt. My partition table says that /tmp is partition 10, with 50MB, and partion 11 is my /home, with 750GB. [ I don't know why I made my /tmp so small. ] Now to my question. Can anyone think of any hazard in the following procedure: 1. Back up my /home completely(I have a USB stick that will take what I have on it.) 2. Run parted to delete partitions 10 and 11, then create a new partition 10, with, say, a Gig on it, and then create a new partition 11, name it /home . . . 3. Put all my backed up stuff on the new /home. I'll have to log in as root to do this, I'm sure. But there may be other hazards I am not aware of. I hope for cogent thoughts on this. TIA, Alan
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| From | Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> |
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| Date | 2016-09-17 19:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sirB7-5py-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172350 |
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-17 13:05 (UTC-0400): > During my experimentation with Iceweasel, described in another post, I > have received warnings from the OS that /tmp was filling up. It seems > that when running a video a buffer is opened in /tmp, and /tmp fills up > rapidly. At the moment, df /tmp tells me that 3% of /tmp is used. When > I'm trying to play a video, only 1% of /tmp is available, and the video > grinds to a halt. > My partition table says that /tmp is partition 10, with 50MB, and partion > 11 is my /home, with 750GB. [ I don't know why I made my /tmp so small. ] > Now to my question. Can anyone think of any hazard in the following > procedure: 1. Back up my /home completely(I have a USB stick that will > take what I have on it.) 2. Run parted to delete partitions 10 and 11, > then create a new partition 10, with, say, a Gig on it, and then create > a new partition 11, name it /home . . . 3. Put all my backed up stuff > on the new /home. > I'll have to log in as root to do this, I'm sure. But there may be other > hazards I am not aware of. I hope for cogent thoughts on this. There's no compulsion to have a separate partition for /tmp. Simply remove that small partition from /etc/fstab. Those with more parted experience might simply remove partition 10 from the disk (and /etc/fstab), then resize 11 or 9 to include the space freed by 10. I'd more likely give it to 9 (your /var). Adding onto an end rather than a start feels safer to me. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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| From | Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> |
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| Date | 2016-09-17 22:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <siuIF-7fY-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172354 |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix Miata" <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 1:26:23 PM
Subject: Re: Difficulties with Firefox/iceweasel
Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-17 13:05 (UTC-0400):
> I'll have to log in as root to do this, I'm sure. But there may be other
> hazards I am not aware of. I hope for cogent thoughts on this.
There's no compulsion to have a separate partition for /tmp. Simply remove
that small partition from /etc/fstab.
Just did it, and rebooted. And I set Beeth's Fifth to playing on
youtube for five minutes -- of course there was no sound<sob> -- and
I had no problems.
So thanks for your helpful and effective suggestion, Felix!
Alan
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