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  1. Bug #610358
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Comment 3 for bug 610358

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YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote : Re: Cannot start graphical session when disk is full (and Ubuntu does not warn/explain)

@charles: thank you for your answer, I understand your point.

@Sebastien : thank you for your answer. Is gdu-notification-daemon controled by gnome-disk-utility ? (if not i don't understand your remark..)

Currently, gdu-notification-daemon pop-up is only :
- "displaying information" : xxx Mo are remaining on disk
- "giving tip" : you can free some space by deleting files/applications or moving them to another disk.
- "proposing" 1 tool that shows Mo/folder : disk analyser

it does not currently "warn" about consequences. This is the 1st point that should be improved. And that is an easy improvement : just adding text in gdu-notification-daemon's pop-up if the full volume is / :

"WARNING ! Ubuntu may not work properly (bugs, impossible to start a graphical session ... ) because the volume <<root file system>> only has 18Mio of free space left. ["More details" button].
Please free disk space. A minimum of xxx Mio free space on this volume is recommended.
You can free space by ... (rest is same as currently)
..."

Hope this helps.