Whoever wrote the big file still has it opened. lsof | grep /tmp | grep deleted should tell you what pid and/or service to cycle to fix it and/or who is your troublemaker making the big file and holding it open still. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 12:14 PM Walter Cazzola <cazzola@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear all, > I've a quite "noisy" problem on my freshly installed Fedora 31 laptop. My 5Gb > /tmp partition get full in around 10 hours of up time. > > No way to free it apart reboot. > > At the time of writing I've the /tmp partition full but I've already run a rm > -fr /tmp/* from root. > > These are some diagnostic data I can find: > > >du -h /tmp > 4.0K /tmp/.font-unix > 4.0K /tmp/.Test-unix > 4.0K /tmp/.esd-526 > 4.0K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.KNSxtF > 4.0K /tmp/.com.google.Chrome.U2x6fK > 4.0K /tmp/.X11-unix > 4.0K /tmp/.XIM-unix > 12K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps > 16K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor/22x22 > 20K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons/hicolor > 24K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD/icons > 28K /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.uKH2RD > 4.0K /tmp/.ICE-unix > 96K /tmp > > >df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > devtmpfs 8128348 0 8128348 0% /dev > tmpfs 8147108 296136 7850972 4% /dev/shm > tmpfs 8147108 1860 8145248 1% /run > /dev/sda7 51343840 26608456 22097560 55% / > /dev/sda12 1569780 414968 1154812 27% /mnt/win_d > /dev/sda9 7159288 1203200 5572704 18% /var > /dev/sda6 705248 215828 438104 34% /boot > /dev/sda13 765974760 681522348 45520036 94% /home > /dev/sda11 5029504 2479500 2271476 53% /usr/local/exts > /dev/sda10 5095040 4816516 0 100% /tmp > tmpfs 1629420 64 1629356 1% /run/user/526 > > > lsof /tmp > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME > clementin 1481 cazzola 9uW REG 8,10 0 25 /tmp/qtsingleapp-clemen-d211-20e-lockfile (deleted) > dropbox 1568 cazzola 3u REG 8,10 499 37 /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-WZmtGN (deleted) > dropbox 1568 cazzola 6u REG 8,10 0 63 /tmp/#63 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 14u REG 8,10 0 40 /tmp/#40 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 15u REG 8,10 0 42 /tmp/#42 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 16u REG 8,10 0 44 /tmp/#44 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 19u REG 8,10 41222144 46 /tmp/#46 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 20u REG 8,10 4861394944 48 /tmp/#48 (deleted) > konsole 1615 cazzola 21u REG 8,10 5181440 50 /tmp/#50 (deleted) > skypeforl 2628 cazzola 39u REG 8,10 16 110 /tmp/skype-2628/skypert_sessionkeyjlJNdT (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola DEL REG 8,10 162 /tmp/#162 > konsole 3464 cazzola DEL REG 8,10 163 /tmp/#163 > konsole 3464 cazzola DEL REG 8,10 161 /tmp/#161 > konsole 3464 cazzola 17u REG 8,10 6896 113 /tmp/#113 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 18u REG 8,10 700416 114 /tmp/#114 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 19u REG 8,10 862 115 /tmp/#115 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 24u REG 8,10 6664 56 /tmp/#56 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 25u REG 8,10 0 116 /tmp/#116 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 26u REG 8,10 0 117 /tmp/#117 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 27u REG 8,10 0 118 /tmp/#118 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 32u REG 8,10 598016 57 /tmp/#57 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 34u REG 8,10 833 58 /tmp/#58 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 35u REG 8,10 0 119 /tmp/#119 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 36u REG 8,10 0 120 /tmp/#120 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 37u REG 8,10 0 121 /tmp/#121 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 45u REG 8,10 0 122 /tmp/#122 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 46u REG 8,10 0 123 /tmp/#123 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 47u REG 8,10 0 124 /tmp/#124 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 55u REG 8,10 0 125 /tmp/#125 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 56u REG 8,10 0 126 /tmp/#126 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 57u REG 8,10 0 127 /tmp/#127 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 65u REG 8,10 0 128 /tmp/#128 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 66u REG 8,10 0 129 /tmp/#129 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 67u REG 8,10 0 130 /tmp/#130 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 75u REG 8,10 0 131 /tmp/#131 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 76u REG 8,10 0 132 /tmp/#132 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 77u REG 8,10 0 133 /tmp/#133 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 85u REG 8,10 0 134 /tmp/#134 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 86u REG 8,10 0 135 /tmp/#135 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 87u REG 8,10 0 136 /tmp/#136 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 95u REG 8,10 0 137 /tmp/#137 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 96u REG 8,10 0 138 /tmp/#138 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 97u REG 8,10 0 139 /tmp/#139 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 105u REG 8,10 7824 140 /tmp/#140 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 106u REG 8,10 675840 141 /tmp/#141 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 107u REG 8,10 978 142 /tmp/#142 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 115u REG 8,10 0 143 /tmp/#143 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 116u REG 8,10 0 144 /tmp/#144 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 117u REG 8,10 0 145 /tmp/#145 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 125u REG 8,10 0 146 /tmp/#146 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 126u REG 8,10 0 147 /tmp/#147 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 127u REG 8,10 0 148 /tmp/#148 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 135u REG 8,10 0 149 /tmp/#149 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 136u REG 8,10 0 150 /tmp/#150 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 137u REG 8,10 0 151 /tmp/#151 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 145u REG 8,10 0 152 /tmp/#152 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 146u REG 8,10 0 153 /tmp/#153 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 147u REG 8,10 0 154 /tmp/#154 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 155u REG 8,10 0 155 /tmp/#155 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 156u REG 8,10 0 156 /tmp/#156 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 157u REG 8,10 0 157 /tmp/#157 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 165u REG 8,10 0 158 /tmp/#158 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 166u REG 8,10 0 159 /tmp/#159 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 167u REG 8,10 0 160 /tmp/#160 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 175u REG 8,10 6064 161 /tmp/#161 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 176u REG 8,10 1206656 162 /tmp/#162 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 177u REG 8,10 758 163 /tmp/#163 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 185u REG 8,10 0 111 /tmp/#111 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 186u REG 8,10 0 112 /tmp/#112 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 187u REG 8,10 0 164 /tmp/#164 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 195u REG 8,10 0 165 /tmp/#165 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 196u REG 8,10 0 166 /tmp/#166 (deleted) > konsole 3464 cazzola 197u REG 8,10 0 167 /tmp/#167 (deleted) > alpine 4074 cazzola 5uW REG 8,10 4 39 /tmp/.80d.12001ef > bash 14643 cazzola cwd DIR 8,10 12288 2 /tmp > vim 25380 cazzola 5u REG 8,10 4 39 /tmp/.80d.12001ef > python3 25395 cazzola 5u REG 8,10 4 39 /tmp/.80d.12001ef > lsof 26901 cazzola cwd DIR 8,10 12288 2 /tmp > lsof 26902 cazzola cwd DIR 8,10 12288 2 /tmp > > It seems that konsole keeps blocked around 5Gb of space in a deleted file. > How can I force konsole to realease it? > > As far as I remember, konsole was creating a huge cache file in Fedora 23 too > but that wasn't a problem because the cache at that time was stored in > .local/cache where I have plenty of space but now it is in /tmp. Alternatevely > how can I force konsole to low the amount of cache it stores? > > Thank you > Walter > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx