filesystem full error

[Bob Johnson]

On 11/7/05, Michael C. Shultz <ringworm01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 07 November 2005 07:03, Micah wrote:
> > Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 23:27, Dave Webster wrote:
> > >>Tried the link  and commented out the line in /etc/fstab, rebooted but
> > >>still get the same problem.
> > >
> > > You still get this? VVVVVVVVV
> > >
> > > /var: write failed, filesystem is full
> > >
> > >>>>>>>mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
> > >>>>>>>pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2',
> > >>>>>>>you're on your own!
> >
> > I'm not seeing the connection between the /tmp partition and a /var
> > filesytem error.  On his system they're different partitions.
> >
> > Micah
>
> your right, don't know what I was thinking.

It is still entirely reasonable to assume that he is running out of
space on /var because of something using /var/tmp.

I'd like to see the output of "ls -l /var" and "ls -l /".

The results of "df" and of "du -d2 /var" with the new configuration
(/var/tmp linked to /usr/tmp) taken while pkg_add is running _before_
the error message appears would be good, too.

- Bob