[SOLVED] Low space on boot

Penstroke4 · 03-26-2023, 11:34 PM

Hi, lately I'm getting frequent error mssg " Low space on boot" but when I check on the properties it shows that it has 603mb free of 973mb used (38% used)
Why am i getting this mssg?
How do i remove & get a healthy space?
I'm using Fedora 37 with partition 10.9Gb free of 72Gb (85% used)
Thanks

pan64 · 03-27-2023, 12:44 AM

usually /boot is another partition. Would be nice to give us more details, like the output of fdisk -l and mount.

mrmazda · 03-27-2023, 12:48 AM

F37 with which DE? What utility is producing this warning? Low space on boot isn't necessarily the same as on /boot. Is this a UEFI installation with ESP filesystem on /boot/efi/? Does /boot have a separate filesystem mounted on it? Command output from such commands as df, lsblk -f, mount and cat /etc/fstab might help us help you. I would not expect any warning about a filesystem with only 38% used no matter what the filesystem type or its use or size. All that said, installed size of kernels in current distributions has gotten quite swollen. A separate /boot filesystem may require more space than you would expect. It's possible to configure keeping more installed kernels than can fit on a separate /boot filesystem of modest size. How many do you now have installed?

Penstroke4 · 04-03-2023, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

F37 with which DE? What utility is producing this warning? Low space on boot isn't necessarily the same as on /boot. Is this a UEFI installation with ESP filesystem on /boot/efi/? Does /boot have a separate filesystem mounted on it? Command output from such commands as df, lsblk -f, mount and cat /etc/fstab might help us help you. I would not expect any warning about a filesystem with only 38% used no matter what the filesystem type or its use or size. All that said, installed size of kernels in current distributions has gotten quite swollen. A separate /boot filesystem may require more space than you would expect. It's possible to configure keeping more installed kernels than can fit on a separate /boot filesystem of modest size. How many do you now have installed?

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Sorry for the delay, been out of town and I am unable to proceed with the any feedback as my Fedora37 has been unstable, is constantly buffering and hang so frequently.
My ethernet land cable port can only accessed with speed of only around "0.5mbs" instead of the normal 45mbs (data subscribed plan is 50mbs). While my windows 10 desktop (dual boot) is able to accessed upto 45mbs without any buffering.
Every apps takes longer than usual to boot and some not boot at all. Do I have to reinstall Fedora?
Thanks

frankbell · 04-03-2023, 09:35 PM

Before you do that, it might be a good idea to dig into this problem a little more deeply.

You might take a look at the log files, particularly /var/log/boot.log. They may give you some hints as to what's going wrong.

pan64 · 04-04-2023, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penstroke4

My ethernet land cable port can only accessed with speed of only around "0.5mbs" instead of the normal 45mbs (data subscribed plan is 50mbs). While my windows 10 desktop (dual boot) is able to accessed upto 45mbs without any buffering.
Every apps takes longer than usual to boot and some not boot at all. Do I have to reinstall Fedora?
Thanks

This looks like a driver issue, you need to install the correct driver for your network interface.

mrmazda · 04-04-2023, 02:27 AM

On your login screen, is there an option to boot some other desktop or session type than the one you normally use? Fedora defaults to GDM/Gnome/Wayland. If that's the case, try using Xorg instead of Wayland, or using IcwWM instead of Gnome, to see if this improves the stability.

Penstroke4 · 04-04-2023, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

Before you do that, it might be a good idea to dig into this problem a little more deeply.

You might take a look at the log files, particularly /var/log/boot.log. They may give you some hints as to what's going wrong.

<<<<< thanks, as advised I have tried /var/log/boot.log but the error was "The file /var/log/boot.log
could not be loaded as it was not possible to read from it.Check if you have read access to this file.

On xfce terminal- I have accessed as root but the error is permission denied.

where did I go wrong?

Penstroke4 · 04-04-2023, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

This looks like a driver issue, you need to install the correct driver for your network interface.

Mine is a micro-atx motherboard with built-in ethernet port and is not a ide ethernet card.
Yet on windows 10 OS, the same ethernet port is functioning normal.

thanks

pan64 · 04-04-2023, 06:55 AM

that means the driver on windows is installed and works and on linux it is somehow failed. I would check the logs ....

michaelk · 04-04-2023, 06:57 AM

Post the output of the command:
inxi -N

or if inxi is not installed the output of

lspci | grep Ethernet

JZL240I-U · 04-04-2023, 07:10 AM

Try the command

bootctl

(and man bootctl)

Penstroke4 · 04-04-2023, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

that means the driver on windows is installed and works and on linux it is somehow failed. I would check the logs ....

Prior to this my Fedora 37, my ethernet port was functioning well and viewing any audio visual was ok.
Probably after I have upgraded from Fedora 36 to 37 then problems occured.

Penstroke4 · 04-04-2023, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

On your login screen, is there an option to boot some other desktop or session type than the one you normally use? Fedora defaults to GDM/Gnome/Wayland. If that's the case, try using Xorg instead of Wayland, or using IcwWM instead of Gnome, to see if this improves the stability.

<<<<< As I tried the suggestions, I have found there a few desktop -[1] Gnome Classic on wayland, [2]Gnome (wayland), [3]Gnome Classic on wayland [4]Gnome Classic on Xorg, [5]Gnome Classic [6] Gnome Classic on Xorg [7]Gnome [8]Plasma (x11) [9] Xfce Sessions.
I have tried everyone mostly has an impressive speed increase upto 30-52mbps.
Unfortunately everyone of them has lagged, buffering and screen freezes problem so much so that I have to consider switching to alternatives
I have yet to try IcwWM and follow-up on this.

mrmazda · 04-04-2023, 01:28 PM

All good here, and with less freespace than OP has:

Code:

# df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda23      6.2G  5.3G  568M  91% /
# inxi -C
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
    L2: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2000 min/max: 2000/3000 cores: 1: 2000 2: 2000
# inxi -DGSaz --vs --zl --hostname
inxi 3.3.26-00 (2023-03-28)
System:
  Host: gx780 Kernel: 6.2.9-200.fc37.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 2.38-25.fc37 parameters: ro root=LABEL=<filter>
    ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 audit=0 plymouth.enable=0 noresume
    mitigations=auto consoleblank=0 selinux=0
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Fedora release 37 (Thirty Seven)
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008 ports:
    active: DP-1,VGA-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2e12
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 762x254mm (30.00x10.00")
    s-diag: 803mm (31.62")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: NEC EA243WM serial: <filter>
    built: 2011 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
    size: 519x324mm (20.43x12.76") diag: 612mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
    max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: right model: Dell P2213 serial: <filter> built: 2012
    res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65")
    diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.7 renderer: Mesa Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK)
    direct-render: Yes
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 153.06 GiB (21.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3750525AS
    family: Barracuda 7200.12 size: 698.64 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.0 speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: JC4B temp: 38 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 49d 19h cycles: 789
    read: 231.2 GiB written: 629.72 GiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
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