[Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

[Kevin J. Cummings]

On 02/27/2011 05:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27.
> Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading
> some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot
> properly, and the system says the disk is full (probably is).
> 
> The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the
> hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get
> 
> Oops, sealert hit an error!
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 
> File "/usr/bin/sealert*, line 949, in <module>
>   print >> sys.stderr, "could not attach to desktop process"
> IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device
> 
> This dialog shows an "ok" button. I click there and ... nothing...
> black screen and spinning hourglass...
> 
> I´ve tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 but nothing happens, Ctrl-Alt-F2 shows
> 
> IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0
> current handler: timer
> IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0
> current handler: timer
> IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0
> current handler: timer
> IRQ handler tye mismatch for IRQ 0
> current handler: timer
> hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
> 
> Any ideas?? I´m lost on this one...

Looks its time to boot to run-level 1 and do some maintenance....

> TIA
> FC
> PS: I don´t have a functioning CD/DVD reader on this system. I used at
> the time of installation but not anymore...


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