Can't log in, no error message, when disk is full
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gdm (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
I briefly see my desktop, then get dumped back to the login prompt with no error. Logging in from console still works.
At minimum, gdm needs to throw an error saying that you can't log in because the disk is full, and that you can do so by hitting ctrl-alt-f1 and logging into the console.
I initially thought this matched bug #35217, but it was closed "fix released" two yeas ago with "Adding the ability for GDM to handle this is a different bug."
I haven't looked into this bug much, but it seems like it really should be possible, and entirely worth while, to come up with some way to reserve the space necessary to allow login. Possibly by doing whatever filesystem activity is necessary within a pre-allocated file?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.2.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 7 12:48:45 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
| Darxus (darxus) wrote | #1 |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Darxus (darxus) wrote | #3 |
| summary: |
- Can't log in when disk is full + Can't log in, no error message, when disk is full |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Invalid → New |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #5 |
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