BootLoginWithFullFilesystem
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Launchpad Entry: boot-login-with-full-filesystem
Packages affected: gdm
Summary
This specification is about making boot and login work when there disk runs out of free space
Rationale
At the moment the desktop session doesn't start when there is no free space on the disk and let the user without any easy way to fix his system.
Use Cases
- Michael just installed some new applications, ran out of disk space and didn't notice. The next login will warn him about the problem and let him to make some space.
Scope
The Ubuntu distribution
Implementation
- Create a /var/overflow 1M tmpfs partition
- Make gdm set TMPDIR to this partition if there is no disk space available
- Display a dialog on login explaining that the user needs to free some space and then restart his session