on my Netbook i run Opensuse 11.4, it works fine until a couple Days.
Since there more and more Apps wont start anymore.
For example Dolphin, Yast, Ocular and so on… so better say´d, only Thunderbird and Firefox still running.
I dont get any Error Messages or something like this, when i start a Application there just pop´s the Program Bar in the Start Menu and then after that (normally the Window of the Program would be shown) it just disappears.
Dumb on that is, that i even cant backup my Data, because Dolphin dont show up anymore.
Cant someone help please? It get´s kinda urgent for me
Dumb on that is, that i even cant backup my Data, because Dolphin dont show up anymore.
Dolphin is not the preferred backup tool. The command line is your friend. Try:
cp -a /path/to/source/* /path/to/destination/
This will recursively copy everything under the …/source/ directory to …/destination/
You may have to be root to do this, depending on the permissions of the stuff you want to copy. Be aware that this method is easy but not complete. It will omit hidden files. Even better is to use rsync (check the manual with ‘man rsync’).
Just an idea that I got reading your problem description. Are you sure none of your file systems is full? That would let crash almost any program.
use:
well im a Terminal Noob (almost do anything with MacOSX)
But im astounded now, even the Terminal will start…… wow that seems heavy to me……
@hcvv no there is really enough place over (im using a 100GB Drive and maybe 4GB are in use)
What to do now? Is there a possibility to first backup data (i dont know even the Path, when i stick in my USB Drive) and afterwords is there something like in OSX to Repair the System (without new installation) )
Are you sure none of your file systems is full?
That means to me that i dont have enough Harddisc Space, right? If taht means anything else, please let me know, im just a normal User and not that much in it, sorry.
The Command “df -h” i cant fire up, because my Terminal will not start… i dont know if there is any other option to do that, i just know Start Menu>Applications>Terminal or Alt+F2>Terminal>Enter
What did you change? Updates?
I really dont know, my Girlfriend was on it, surfed around with Firefox and told me afterwords that the hole Computer was freezed for a couple Sec´s, after she could not do anything to fix it, she do a warm Restart. After this the Problems are. Thats all i could figure out from here.
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Try with a new user.
I cant, everything is crashing, just Thunderbird and Firefox are still running. (Wonder why, but im glad)
On 07/15/2011 09:36 AM, Triggertrix wrote:
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> The Command “df -h” i cant fire up, because my Terminal will not
> start… i dont know if there is any other option to do that
boot, and at the first green screen (where you pick default or fail
safe) type the number 3 and hit enter
you will land at a full screen terminal with a log in prompt…log in as
yourself and then do
df -h
when you have seen the output (and copied it, if you need–you don’t if
none of the percent used is over 90%) then just do this:
When I ask you to do* df -h* (and of course post the output here without altering anything and between CODE tags) and you are not able to do that, then please tell so, then we can help you to do this. When you only say “I have enough space”, then that is your conclusion, but I (and many of us) are not interested in your conclusion, but in facts (output by the computer) to give us a change to come to our own conclusion.
Thus when you are realy stuck like this then use DenverD’s method. But when it is that bad, I offer a somewhat different version of his path. When you have booted in runlevel 3 and thus see the login prompt, login directly as root (that is normaly NOT recommened, but in this case it might be the only thing possible) and do the
df -h
Explanation: when your root file system is up to 95% full, a normal user can not create any file anymore and thus almost every program started will fail. But the remaining 5% can be used by root. This 5% leeway is exactly for this case, such that root can still login and start some programs.
To save time (and posting), when the / file system is at 95%, clean /tmp by doing
cd /tmp
rm -rf *
BUT BE CAREFULL, te second statement will remove everything from the place you are, thus doublecheck if you are in /tmp!!!
Check with a new df -h if you fare better now. When not report back from this stage.
When better, then reboot (this is easier then doing the* init 5* where DenverD has a typo!):
shutdown -r now
Report back, when you /tmp was the culprit we ill give you a way to avoid this in the future.
>Explanation: when your root file system is up to 95% full, a normal
>user can not create any file anymore and thus almost every program
>started will fail. But the remaining 5% can be used by root. This 5%
>leeway is exactly for this case, such that root can still login and
>start some programs.
>
>To save time (and posting), when the / file system is at 95%, clean
>-/tmp- by doing
>
>Code:
>--------------------
>
> cd /tmp
> rm -rf *
>
>--------------------
>
>BUT BE CAREFULL, te second statement will remove everything from the
>place you are, thus doublecheck if you are in -/tmp-!!!
This is precisely i prefer using the guidance of:
As root (or from su - )
Code:
cd /
rm -rf /tmp/.
rm -rf /tmp/.*
rm -rf /tmp/*
instead.
In fact, for my own use, i prefer booting from a live disk, going root,
remounting RW and then doing the cleanup. But that is a bit more
complicated and requires a live disk to boot with.
>Check with a new df -h if you fare better now. When not report back
>from this stage.
>When better, then reboot (this is easier then doing the- init 5- where
>DenverD has a typo!):
>
no there is really enough place over (im using a 100GB Drive and maybe 4GB are in use)