[aklug] Re: Ubuntu issues

Maybe he could just create a link to the /var/?? directory on a
partition with more space. Also, mention to him to use LVM for his
partitions and he can increase the size if he needs to. I believe you
can grow and shrink most filesystems except XFS and JFS, those can be
grown but not shrank.

Jon

Quoting Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>:

> It doesn't. It just freezes the box.
> I think the problem is, is that for some reason he ended up with a
> separate /var partition and it is too small to hold the packages being
> downloaded.
>
> Mike B. offered to talk to him about talking him through some
> troubleshooting, but I think he's going wait until the next release and
> just do a clean install of (just) 1 version. He must have 4 or 5
> variants of Ubuntu installed along with Windows Vista and a Japanese
> Windows XP. All on one, multiboot, box..
>
> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 12:06 -0700, William Attwood wrote:
>
>> Tell him to open a Terminal and:
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> If there are errors, it will prompt him with what to do to clean them up.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Jim MacDonald <jim@macdonald.org> wrote:
>>
>> > I also think he is talking about the update manager. which is nothing =
>> > but a GUI for APT. and it's quite possible that his apt files are =
>> > corrupt. He should be able to run "apt-get update" from the command line =
>> > and that will tell him what the issue is and probably recommend a way to =
>> > correct it.
>> >
>> > Jim MacDonald
>> > jim@macdonald.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have an acquaintance using Ubuntu 9.10, so he tells me.
>> > > He tells me he is having difficulty updating the box using something
>> > > called the "download manager". Apparently it causes everything to =
>> > freeze
>> > > when he's attempting updates and he ends up power cycling his laptop =
>> > as
>> > > everything is unresponsive.
>> > >=20
>> > > I am not an Ubuntu or Debian user and am unfamiliar with the supplied
>> > > tools. Would anybody have some pointers I can pass on?
>> > >=20
>> > > I've been trying to encourage him to show up at a Friday night =
>> > session.
>> > > So far he's a no-show.
>> > >=20
>> > > Jim G
>> > >=20
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