From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-yb1-f175.google.com (mail-yb1-f175.google.com [209.85.219.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08E92171B1 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2023 06:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="T5UA1TzK" Received: by mail-yb1-f175.google.com with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-d81dd7d76e0so7529083276.1 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:37:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1697006233; x=1697611033; darn=lists.linux.dev; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=QFxyzB2zssBAadtuO1ed49eHwL0UvArF9W6Ud/OjWYw=; b=T5UA1TzKVDi5J6qkXNEpMx6rUbXxRh6QIeEaaDGswzS6txX0SJ/CfMtcYbLjE6ex1X J/kUZIh+Gyk6ALeanDPGljam8ZpubTeLfA0EaaNsL32scwcsTRB+6/Q8NrBuILsjWhvq EuZlNKP/MJqsyUnIVM+iFCFT3amw+mTVuJkzzXLOWOIinwS7pExMjkdrcrnWMx2nt41V j30cuEizdLApbeTHbVb24XPEX41nugNPKtVToEZIO+FQyBMjEtIx6NAJQ6mQR5Uu0JTN KMj/M+l4qkLMqWmg7yRmcTPnOXfKf+6mpQzBbOLZB9cPq0iXzcuHp++JOFrb7rLGwt1J jT6w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1697006233; x=1697611033; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=QFxyzB2zssBAadtuO1ed49eHwL0UvArF9W6Ud/OjWYw=; b=Ad+6BdWqs0OwyC+RRQ1SnfbHj3JjikVbIiKAXidxUOhRcpPGhxw4BOoN8MdDFtJCy4 uqRuigQQ8iaWyNDxVhJOEporXZeNEWOosElJr8azJ7Ke3xbWl0Qcc8DqUuUKnx7GBSNJ jwH1K1rW2OH/ZslhXuRnq8GdwLulIjXiG4I2tvU8oueguC9ulNQQnJ8VhCiaqKZxjXWi sEKbisyhXqjjhHmvkFl7y8zVwyLU+gGBJFXwaTvGA64v31+ssawrgGc6ldtoxpaNwp63 1XFC5pRUOLpjbl6lkozgoeNOryRbSGoVmQYBomABI58QrEFyYK1Ek6dqw+e55dcYeFQN /jsg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzRLS4Oz9zcXsim4YCkOY4yKe7MPspo1+fOtpee1wU5yoGTkrwB xHPQGhevSGabwd16zNEtat3aBef3+Dwzs+ET X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IENRi7MkX1C4wM9plWL/NEuRcWkJOUdEF+TESbAaKA0Ny9BNmWM9JXgfcxJbanWM2ySWKWbXg== X-Received: by 2002:a5b:70d:0:b0:d78:341d:e475 with SMTP id g13-20020a5b070d000000b00d78341de475mr18393923ybq.44.1697006233274; Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:37:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gilbert-PC ([105.112.30.11]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b63-20020a253442000000b00d9a4f3bdffbsm1147763yba.11.2023.10.10.23.37.11 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:37:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:37:08 +0100 From: Gilbert Adikankwu To: Julia Lawall Cc: outreachy@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [Outreachy Applicant] NEEDS SOME CLARIFICATIONS Message-ID: References: <8e38f1a1-1da4-1d1f-aa32-6ad7ebb31c11@inria.fr> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: outreachy@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 08:26:15AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2023, Gilbert Adikankwu wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:54:19PM +0200, Andi Shyti wrote: > > > Hi Gilbert, > > > > > > > Thank you for your response. I think I'm finally understanding good e-mail style > > > > thanks to you and everyone else who has responded to emails > > > > > > glad to hear! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > You have too little space in the partition that contains /boot? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What does "df -h" say? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andi > > > > > > > > > > > > This is what df -h returned: > > > > > > > > > > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > > > > > tmpfs 784M 2.0M 782M 1% /run > > > > > > /dev/sda9 23G 17G 5.6G 75% / > > > > > > tmpfs 3.9G 45M 3.8G 2% /dev/shm > > > > > > tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock > > > > > > /dev/sda7 944M 761M 119M 87% /boot > > > > > > > > > > I wonder why your boot directory is so packed, even though 119M > > > > > should be enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't why it is so packed either. I ran du -ah /boot/ and it returned: > > > > 272K /boot/config-6.2.0-34-generic > > > > 14M /boot/vmlinuz-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ > > > > 0 /boot/initrd.img > > > > 276K /boot/config-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ > > > > 14M /boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-34-generic > > > > 184K /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin > > > > 7.6M /boot/System.map-6.2.0-26-generic > > > > 180K /boot/memtest86+.bin > > > > 184K /boot/memtest86+.elf > > > > 67M /boot/initrd.img-6.2.0-34-generic > > > > 7.7M /boot/System.map-6.2.0-34-generic > > > > du: cannot read directory '/boot/efi': Permission denied > > > > 1.0K /boot/efi > > > > 0 /boot/vmlinuz > > > > 7.6M /boot/System.map-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ > > > > du: cannot read directory '/boot/lost+found': Permission denied > > > > 16K /boot/lost+found > > > > 14M /boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-26-generic > > > > 4.0K /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/lsefimmap.mod > > > > 4.0K /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/setjmp.mod > > > > 12K /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/loadenv.mod > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > 4.0K /boot/grub/i386-pc/search_fs_uuid.mod > > > > 2.5M /boot/grub/i386-pc > > > > 11M /boot/grub > > > > 547M /boot/initrd.img-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ > > > > 74M /boot/initrd.img-6.2.0-26-generic > > > > 272K /boot/config-6.2.0-26-generic > > > > > > > > I apologize for the overly long list > > > > > > that's a long list indeed. I don't know what all those files are, > > > but I don't think they are an issue. > > > > > > > > > /dev/sda11 60G 28G 30G 49% /home > > > > > > > > > > BTW, are you working in your home directory? > > > > > > > > > No, I'm not working in the home directory > > > > > > then I think this is the main issue. You have lots of free space > > > in your home directory, you should work there. I only work in my > > > home directory. > > > > > > I believe you weren't able to complete the compilation because > > > you were working in the root partition where you have less > > > space available. > > > > > > Andi > > > > > Hello Andi, > > > > Thank you for your response. So I'm not sure I understand what you mean > > by do all you work in the home directory so I will explain how I work > > now to see if that is what you mean. > > > > I have the staging respository in my home directory and I usually > > do all my compilation from inside the directory of the staging > > repository that is saved in my home directory. > > > > Is this what you mean by working from the home directory? or is there other setups I should be doing my home directory? > > > > Also I deleted the offending file in my /boot : > > > > 547M /boot/initrd.img-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ > > > > and deleted its module directory in usr/lib/modules > > > > I realised it was too large compared to the other kernels and assumed > > that probably I didn't do its .config file properly which might have enabled > > more modules than is needed for it to run on my machine. > > > > this is the result of df -h after the deletion: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > tmpfs 784M 2.0M 782M 1% /run > > /dev/sda9 23G 11G 12G 47% / > > tmpfs 3.9G 193M 3.7G 5% /dev/shm > > tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock > > /dev/sda7 944M 201M 678M 23% /boot > > /dev/sda11 60G 28G 30G 49% /home > > /dev/sda2 96M 32M 65M 33% /boot/efi > > tmpfs 784M 144K 784M 1% /run/user/1000 > > > > I want to generate a new .config file and recompile. I also realised > > that the staging repository I have on my machine is 28GB large is this > > normal? > > When you start compiling the Linux kernel it gets very big. But maybe you > reduced your config at some point, but didn't delete the no longer needed > .o files? You could try make clean and then recompile. > > julia Hello Julia, Thank you for your response, I will do as you have suggested.