[SOLVED] Disk space changing during Darktable crash.

Marcin · 2017-01-18 22:34:32

I was processing some photos using Darktable. One of the modules caused Darktable to crash. Thanks to conky I could observe strange disk usage (root partition) changes. It should be about 12,1 GB. It jumped up to 16 GB then went down to 14,2 GB. I was not installing anything. It now shows 14,2 GB. I decided to do clean Darktable install. It works OK now but root partition space usage is 14,2 GB and I think it should be only 12,1 GB. Can anybody explain what disk failure or rather system activity could make this strange changes?

Last edited by Marcin (2017-01-19 05:36:27)

graysky · 2017-01-18 22:36:32

Temp files? Try running ncdu on the root partition as the root user (careful though since you are able to delete things with a keystroke).

Marcin · 2017-01-18 23:24:21

Thank you graysky for your advice. I like ncdu. It worked perfect and fast. It gave me this:

ncdu 1.12 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help                                                                                                             
--- /var/lib/systemd/coredump -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         /..                                                                                                                                             
  556,3 MiB [##########]  core.darktable.1000.6c966793813d4e5ba83d9eb0bc4c6285.6096.1484773768000000000000.lz4
  553,0 MiB [######### ]  core.darktable.1000.6c966793813d4e5ba83d9eb0bc4c6285.5989.1484773809000000000000.lz4
  506,3 MiB [######### ]  core.darktable.1000.6c966793813d4e5ba83d9eb0bc4c6285.5668.1484773553000000000000.lz4
  506,2 MiB [######### ]  core.darktable.1000.6c966793813d4e5ba83d9eb0bc4c6285.5964.1484773497000000000000.lz4
   35,1 MiB [          ]  core.thunderbird.1000.cc9cf9e19ade4e309b552700857b233c.2291.1484683080000000000000.lz4
    6,0 MiB [          ]  core.Thunar.1000.88fa6270fe194770981da570f477e945.728.1484776529000000000000.lz4
    1,0 MiB [          ]  core.conky.1000.cc87afcd10ae4766b36044c9ef945253.1163.1484523060000000000000.lz4
    1,0 MiB [          ]  core.conky.1000.c6a954d7b4704c2c8c9f7906ad5da53d.902.1484774580000000000000.lz4

I've just found some information about coredump files and their nature. I may disable them later as they are not very practical for a user like me. Thanks again.

Last edited by Marcin (2017-01-19 05:45:39)

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#1 2017-01-18 22:34:32

[SOLVED] Disk space changing during Darktable crash.

#2 2017-01-18 22:36:32

Re: [SOLVED] Disk space changing during Darktable crash.

#3 2017-01-18 23:24:21

Re: [SOLVED] Disk space changing during Darktable crash.

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