Fedora - Low disk space on root.

[stacksofplates]

I seem to remember the /root/.esmtp_queue filling up on a system one time. But that was the only thing that randomly filled up that I recall.

[IRJ]

dnf autoremove

Freed up about 2GB. Deleting unused kernels freed up about a 1GB. I am still searching for the real disk space hog.

[scottalanmiller]

Fedora typically does not fill up and need cleaned out like Windows does. Chances are this is something rather unique.

[Obsolesce]

That's weird. I'm on Fedora 28 Workstation and upgraded it several times and my / is only using 20 GB. I have tons of crap installed.

Check the following:
/var/log
/var/cache

I've seen logs go crazy in the past, could also be the cache.

[IRJ]

@dafyre said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

I am trying to figure it out now.

cd /
du -hs

Then go from there.

0	/bin
193M	/boot
0	/dev
40M	/etc
12G	/home
0	/lib
0	/lib64
16K	/lost+found
4.0K	/media
4.0K	/mnt
91M	/opt
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/task/8074/fd/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/task/8074/fdinfo/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/fd/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/fdinfo/3': No such file or directory
0	/proc
712K	/root
2.2M	/run
0	/sbin
4.0K	/srv
0	/sys
632K	/tmp
8.3G	/usr
36G	/var

[IRJ]

@obsolesce said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

That's weird. I'm on Fedora 28 Workstation and upgraded it several times and my / is only using 20 GB. I have tons of crap installed.

Check the following:
/var/log
/var/cache

I've seen logs go crazy in the past, could also be the cache.

It seems like you may be on to something....

[IRJ]

/var/log is 954MB. That seems high, but not the culprit.

[IRJ]

/var/cache is 1.2GB. Again that also seems high, but likely not culprit.

[IRJ]

/var/lib is 34G. I have found my culprit.

[IRJ]

@stacksofplates said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

Do du -xsh /*. Should show the highest using directories.

I am unable to use this command on /var/lib

This is the output:

[user@PCName lib]# du -xsh 
34G	.

[travisdh1]

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@dafyre said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

I am trying to figure it out now.

cd /
du -hs

Then go from there.

0	/bin
193M	/boot
0	/dev
40M	/etc
12G	/home
0	/lib
0	/lib64
16K	/lost+found
4.0K	/media
4.0K	/mnt
91M	/opt
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/task/8074/fd/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/task/8074/fdinfo/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/fd/3': No such file or directory
du: cannot access '/proc/8074/fdinfo/3': No such file or directory
0	/proc
712K	/root
2.2M	/run
0	/sbin
4.0K	/srv
0	/sys
632K	/tmp
8.3G	/usr
36G	/var

The /var directory is the culprit, and @Obsolesce is on the right track here I think. If you haven't cd /var and run another du -hs, time to do that. du is the command I use to track down drive space issues.

Being that the system has been upgraded, my money would be on a log file growing to ginourmous proportions.

[Obsolesce]

So what software in /var/lib is taking up all the space?
du -xsh /var/lib*
ls -lash /var/lib

[JaredBusch]

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@stacksofplates said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

Do du -xsh /*. Should show the highest using directories.

I am unable to use this command on /var/lib

This is the output:

[user@PCName lib]# du -xsh 
34G	.

switch to root?

su -

[stacksofplates]

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@stacksofplates said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

Do du -xsh /*. Should show the highest using directories.

I am unable to use this command on /var/lib

This is the output:

[user@PCName lib]# du -xsh 
34G	.

-s is summary. So you need to do du -xsh * to show each directory inside of there.

[IRJ]

@obsolesce said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

ls -lash /var/lib

[user@PC lib]# du -xsh /var/lib*
34G	/var/lib
[user@PC lib]# ls -lash /var/lib
total 240K
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 60 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:18 .
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 23 root    root    4.0K Jun  5 09:25 ..
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K May 31 05:44 abrt
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 10 16:19 AccountsService
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:00 alsa
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 alternatives
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Jun 10 13:17 bluetooth
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K May 28 11:16 boltd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 chrony  chrony  4.0K Jul 27 13:03 chrony
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 color
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 colord  colord  4.0K Jun  1 11:46 colord
4.0K drwx------.  2 apache  apache  4.0K Jul 20 06:30 dav
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Apr 30 14:01 dbus
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 14 14:30 dhclient
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 17 12:27 dkms
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 dnf
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    dnsmasq 4.0K Jul  2 14:24 dnsmasq
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  6 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:09 dpkg
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Jul 10 15:34 flatpak
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 15 12:28 fprint
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jun  7 09:04 fwupd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 26 13:31 fwupdate
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  7 04:41 games
4.0K drwxrwx--T.  6 gdm     gdm     4.0K Jul 27 08:39 gdm
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 geoclue geoclue 4.0K Jun  7 16:39 geoclue
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:39 gssproxy
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 12 01:53 hp
4.0K drwx------.  2 apache  apache  4.0K Jul 20 06:30 httpd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 08:06 hyperv
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 07:28 initramfs
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  8 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 iscsi
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 12 root    root    4.0K Jul 17 10:39 libvirt
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  8 05:01 lldpad
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:37 logrotate
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 11:46 machines
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  7 04:41 misc
4.0K drwxr-x---.  2 root    slocate 4.0K Jul 27 08:25 mlocate
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 21 08:35 net-snmp
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:40 NetworkManager
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 13:05 nfs
4.0K drwxrwx---.  2 openvpn openvpn 4.0K Apr 26 11:08 openvpn
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 11:44 os-prober
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:44 PackageKit
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  7 14:20 plymouth
4.0K drwxr-x---.  3 root    polkitd 4.0K Apr 25 02:34 polkit-1
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 private
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:39 rpm
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 rpm-state
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 24 04:10 samba
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jun 26 16:22 selinux
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  9 17:50 sheepdog
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 10 root    root    4.0K Jun 25 04:02 sss
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 25 07:04 stateless
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  7 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 07:39 systemd
4.0K drwx------.  2 tss     tss     4.0K Feb  9 20:49 tpm
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  8 09:54 udisks2
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 unbound unbound 4.0K Jul 27 08:25 unbound
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 10:20 upower
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 13:46 xkb
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:12 yum
[user@PC lib]#

[IRJ]

@stacksofplates said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@stacksofplates said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

Do du -xsh /*. Should show the highest using directories.

I am unable to use this command on /var/lib

This is the output:

[user@PCName lib]# du -xsh 
34G	.

-s is summary. So you need to do du -xsh * to show each directory inside of there.

[user@PC lib]# du -xsh *
16K	abrt
24K	AccountsService
20K	alsa
108K	alternatives
36K	bluetooth
4.0K	boltd
8.0K	chrony
8.0K	color
56K	colord
4.0K	dav
4.0K	dbus
4.0K	dhclient
8.0K	dkms
26M	dnf
4.0K	dnsmasq
20K	dpkg
48K	flatpak
4.0K	fprint
100K	fwupd
4.0K	fwupdate
4.0K	games
540K	gdm
8.0K	geoclue
12K	gssproxy
4.0K	hp
4.0K	httpd
4.0K	hyperv
4.0K	initramfs
28K	iscsi
33G	libvirt
4.0K	lldpad
8.0K	logrotate
4.0K	machines
4.0K	misc
13M	mlocate
12K	net-snmp
100K	NetworkManager
20K	nfs
4.0K	openvpn
4.0K	os-prober
368K	PackageKit
8.0K	plymouth
28K	polkit-1
8.0K	private
158M	rpm
12K	rpm-state
16K	samba
28M	selinux
4.0K	sheepdog
44K	sss
12K	stateless
198M	systemd
4.0K	tpm
4.0K	udisks2
8.0K	unbound
188K	upower
8.0K	xkb
204K	yum

[IRJ]

Maybe it is my Windows virtual machine!

[IRJ]

[user@PC lib]# cd libvirt/
[user@PC libvirt]# ls
boot  dnsmasq  filesystems  images  libxl  lxc  network  qemu  uml  xen
[user@PC libvirt]# du -xsh *
4.0K	boot
16K	dnsmasq
4.0K	filesystems
33G	images
4.0K	libxl
4.0K	lxc
4.0K	network
52K	qemu
4.0K	uml
4.0K	xen
[user@PC]# cd images
[user@PC images]# ls
Lubuntu.qcow2  win10.qcow2
[root@AL105478 images]# du -xsh *
5.0G	Lubuntu.qcow2
28G	win10.qcow2
[user@PC images]#

[IRJ]

@scottalanmiller said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

Fedora typically does not fill up and need cleaned out like Windows does. Chances are this is something rather unique.

In the end, it's always windows

https://memegenerator.net/img/images/600x600/17327667/dying-laughing.jpg

[Obsolesce]

@irj said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

@obsolesce said in Fedora - Low disk space on root.:

ls -lash /var/lib

[user@PC lib]# du -xsh /var/lib*
34G	/var/lib
[user@PC lib]# ls -lash /var/lib
total 240K
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 60 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:18 .
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 23 root    root    4.0K Jun  5 09:25 ..
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K May 31 05:44 abrt
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 10 16:19 AccountsService
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:00 alsa
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 alternatives
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Jun 10 13:17 bluetooth
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K May 28 11:16 boltd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 chrony  chrony  4.0K Jul 27 13:03 chrony
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 color
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 colord  colord  4.0K Jun  1 11:46 colord
4.0K drwx------.  2 apache  apache  4.0K Jul 20 06:30 dav
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Apr 30 14:01 dbus
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 14 14:30 dhclient
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 17 12:27 dkms
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 dnf
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    dnsmasq 4.0K Jul  2 14:24 dnsmasq
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  6 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:09 dpkg
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Jul 10 15:34 flatpak
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 15 12:28 fprint
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jun  7 09:04 fwupd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 26 13:31 fwupdate
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  7 04:41 games
4.0K drwxrwx--T.  6 gdm     gdm     4.0K Jul 27 08:39 gdm
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 geoclue geoclue 4.0K Jun  7 16:39 geoclue
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:39 gssproxy
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun 12 01:53 hp
4.0K drwx------.  2 apache  apache  4.0K Jul 20 06:30 httpd
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 08:06 hyperv
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 07:28 initramfs
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  8 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 iscsi
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 12 root    root    4.0K Jul 17 10:39 libvirt
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  8 05:01 lldpad
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:37 logrotate
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 11:46 machines
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  7 04:41 misc
4.0K drwxr-x---.  2 root    slocate 4.0K Jul 27 08:25 mlocate
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 21 08:35 net-snmp
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:40 NetworkManager
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 13:05 nfs
4.0K drwxrwx---.  2 openvpn openvpn 4.0K Apr 26 11:08 openvpn
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 11:44 os-prober
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:44 PackageKit
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  7 14:20 plymouth
4.0K drwxr-x---.  3 root    polkitd 4.0K Apr 25 02:34 polkit-1
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  3 root    root    4.0K Apr 25 02:34 private
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 08:39 rpm
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:20 rpm-state
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 24 04:10 samba
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jun 26 16:22 selinux
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  9 17:50 sheepdog
4.0K drwxr-xr-x. 10 root    root    4.0K Jun 25 04:02 sss
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    root    4.0K May 25 07:04 stateless
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  7 root    root    4.0K Jul 18 07:39 systemd
4.0K drwx------.  2 tss     tss     4.0K Feb  9 20:49 tpm
4.0K drwx------.  2 root    root    4.0K Feb  8 09:54 udisks2
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 unbound unbound 4.0K Jul 27 08:25 unbound
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 10:20 upower
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  2 root    root    4.0K Jun  1 13:46 xkb
4.0K drwxr-xr-x.  5 root    root    4.0K Jul 27 09:12 yum
[user@PC lib]#

Forgot the trailing / in du -xsh /var/lib/*.