On 02/27/2011 05:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27. > Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading > some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot > properly, and the system says the disk is full (probably is). > > The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the > hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get > > Oops, sealert hit an error! > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/sealert*, line 949, in <module> > print >> sys.stderr, "could not attach to desktop process" > IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device > > This dialog shows an "ok" button. I click there and ... nothing... > black screen and spinning hourglass... > > IÂve tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 but nothing happens, Ctrl-Alt-F2 shows > > IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0 > current handler: timer > IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0 > current handler: timer > IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0 > current handler: timer > IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0 > current handler: timer > hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1 > > Any ideas?? IÂm lost on this one... Looks its time to boot to run-level 1 and do some maintenance.... > TIA > FC > PS: I donÂt have a functioning CD/DVD reader on this system. I used at > the time of installation but not anymore... -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines