filesystem full error

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Monday 07 November 2005 08:19, Bob Johnson wrote:
> On 11/7/05, Michael C. Shultz <ringworm01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 07 November 2005 07:03, Micah wrote:
> > > Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 23:27, Dave Webster wrote:
> > > >>Tried the link  and commented out the line in /etc/fstab, rebooted
> > > >> but still get the same problem.
> > > >
> > > > You still get this? VVVVVVVVV
> > > >
> > > > /var: write failed, filesystem is full
> > > >
> > > >>>>>>>mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
> > > >>>>>>>pkg_add: can't record package infor
> > > >>>>>>> '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2', you're on your own!
> > >
> > > I'm not seeing the connection between the /tmp partition and a /var
> > > filesytem error.  On his system they're different partitions.
> > >
> > > Micah
> >
> > your right, don't know what I was thinking.
>
> It is still entirely reasonable to assume that he is running out of
> space on /var because of something using /var/tmp.
>
> I'd like to see the output of "ls -l /var" and "ls -l /".
>
> The results of "df" and of "du -d2 /var" with the new configuration
> (/var/tmp linked to /usr/tmp) taken while pkg_add is running _before_
> the error message appears would be good, too.
>
> - Bob

I wonder, can he register another, smaller port now?  Just how broke is
/var/db/pkg ???


-Mike