Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-02 Thread songbird
Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and > the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next.  > I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with > the base from which I get updates, etc.  I used

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-02 Thread David Christensen
On 5/1/23 18:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next. I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates, etc. 

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I used the reinstall on brasero and it just said that it was up to date. What error message does Brasero issue before refusing to work ? What optical medium type do you give Brasero for burning ? I can probably help with composing a xorriso run which performs a

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-02 Thread Tom Dial
On 5/1/23 19:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next. I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates,

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-01 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-05-01 at 21:51, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot install anything. I used the command line and > the app but neither of them will work. I suspect that if you don't have the various directories under /var/, you may not be able to use apt or aptitude or synaptic or the

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-01 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Unfortunately I cannot install anything.  I used the command line and the app but neither of them will work.  I have no idea what to do next.  I used su and sudo first.  It just keeps saying it cannot connect with the base from which I get updates, etc.  I used the reinstall on brasero and it

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-05-01 Thread Tom Dial
This Debian-user thread seems to have gone silent, but it is not clear whether your problem is solved. If it is, just ignore this and move on. If not: The Wanderer, in an earlier post (04/28/2023 at 19;02), suggested reinstalling the base-files package. I believe this is the correct procedure,

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-29 Thread David Christensen
On 4/28/23 17:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web sites

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-29 Thread David Wright
On Fri 28 Apr 2023 at 22:36:39 (-0400), Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Here is what I got. > > root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */ > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/ > drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/ > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/ > drwxr-xr-x 

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > even after a reboot I still cannot burn a back up disk. In case the crisis lasts longer or you need to make a backup before its solution: What program do you use to burn your backups and what does it report when failing ? What kind of media shall be burnt ? Have a

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still > cannot burn a back up disk. One problem may be that /var/log has subdirectories which don't belong to root. Applications trying to write their logs

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Here is what I got. root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/ drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/ drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Nov 13  2020 games/ drwxr-xr-x 62 root root   4096 Apr 12

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:05:01PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still > cannot burn a back up disk. Do not look at the NUMBERS. OWNER. GROUP. PERMISSIONS. The numbers mean nothing. > On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Yes my figures are very similar to yours.  But even after a reboot I still cannot burn a back up disk. On 4/28/23 9:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running out of

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 08:57:47PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running > out of room.  All I could find is the directions to delete said files.  I > will put them back, now. Make sure you get the ownership and permissions

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-04-28 at 20:46, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >> I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and >> was told I could delete /var/log/ >> >> and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/. I'd guess that this was *probably* meant as a direction to

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is running out of room.  All I could find is the directions to delete said files.  I will put them back, now. On 4/28/23 8:46 PM, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Dear Mrs. Thomas, Maureen L Thomas writes: > (...) > I was thinking of upgrading > online but don't want to loose my data. First of all, please do back-up your *important* data. Such as pictures, video clips, diary, some text docs, etc. (Also i'm Debian user with Debian Bullseye under

Re: I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 29/4/23 08:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web

I need help with my var partition.

2023-04-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I am 72 and have forgotten a few things.  I looked up debian/var and was told I could delete /var/log/ and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/.  I left cores alone and deleted the other two.  Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web sites from my nord vpn which was working great