Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-17 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:34:09 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 08:10:39PM +, Camaleón wrote: (...) Although there's more info at the usual path /usr/share/doc/initscripts/ README.Debian I still find it a bit intimidating for the newcomers. As mentioned in the header

Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 08:10:39PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:01:33 +0200, Slavko wrote: Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:39 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com napísal: On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:04:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Andrei, I'd be more than

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 04:09:01AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: Or alternatively, how can I enlarge the tmpfs? I need it enlarged from anout 200M to about 2G for this week's project. Yes, that's a lot bigger than my RAM. Increase your

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-12 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:02:21 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 02:33:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:03:11 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Following with your allegory -and as I already explained- I'll be glad in cooking but the resulting meal can be just

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: Or alternatively, how can I enlarge the tmpfs? I need it enlarged from anout 200M to about 2G for this week's project. Yes, that's a lot bigger than my RAM. Increase your swap to 4GB -- even if you plan never to swap. The space will be

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:03:11 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 05:04:35PM +, Camaleón wrote: There's a very detailed summary in this recent post: Summary: Moving /tmp to tmpfs makes it useless http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/06/msg00311.html Or there is

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Roman V.Leon.
On 11.06.2012 09:34, Jerome Flesch wrote: 2012/6/7 Hendrik Boomhend...@topoi.pooq.com: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Jerome Flesch
2012/6/11 Roman V.Leon. roman...@meta.ua: On 11.06.2012 09:34, Jerome Flesch wrote: 2012/6/7 Hendrik Boomhend...@topoi.pooq.com: I need more space for /tmp.  I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Roman V.Leon.
On 11.06.2012 21:54, Jerome Flesch wrote: 2012/6/11 Roman V.Leon.roman...@meta.ua: On 11.06.2012 09:34, Jerome Flesch wrote: 2012/6/7 Hendrik Boomhend...@topoi.pooq.com: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 02:33:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:03:11 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Following with your allegory -and as I already explained- I'll be glad in cooking but the resulting meal can be just inedible as I lack for the proper recipes... Recipes can

Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-10 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Sat, 9 Jun 2012 20:10:39 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com napísal: Mmm... did you recently read those files? I don't think so ;-P yes, i read them (testing) ;-) Those files contain no insightful information that can help the user to decide if going with the new approach or

Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:15:05 +0200, Slavko wrote: Dňa Sat, 9 Jun 2012 20:10:39 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com napísal: Mmm... did you recently read those files? I don't think so ;-P yes, i read them (testing) ;-) Better read the ones from Sid. Those files contain no insightful

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-10 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 06/07/2012 05:11 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:48:25 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:31:33 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: On 06/07/2012 05:11 PM, Camaleón wrote: I recall this has been discused here time ago but can't remember if we finally have a wiki page where to direct users facing any problem with this new default (how to tweak the current

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 05:04:35PM +, Camaleón wrote: There's a very detailed summary in this recent post: Summary: Moving /tmp to tmpfs makes it useless http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/06/msg00311.html Or there is this very detailed summary:

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-10 Thread Jerome Flesch
2012/6/7 Hendrik Boom hend...@topoi.pooq.com: I need more space for /tmp.  I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I discover that in my

[OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-09 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:04:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 07 iun 12, 15:11:02, Camaleón wrote: I recall this has been discused here time ago but can't remember if we finally have a wiki page where to direct users facing any problem with this new default (how to tweak the current

Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-09 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:39 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com napísal: On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:04:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Andrei, I'd be more than glad to help here and create a wiki entry for the TMPFS status but I really don't follow close enough the latests

Re: [OT] Documenting new stuff (was: /tmp is too small)

2012-06-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:01:33 +0200, Slavko wrote: Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:39 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com napísal: On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:04:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Andrei, I'd be more than glad to help here and create a wiki entry for the TMPFS status but I

/tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Hendrik Boom
I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I discover that in my newly installed wheezy system, there *is* no

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Roger Leigh
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:48:25PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Dom
On 07/06/12 14:48, Hendrik Boom wrote: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I discover that in my newly

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:48:25 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I discover

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:48:25PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough. But then I

Re: /tmp is too small

2012-06-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 07 iun 12, 15:11:02, Camaleón wrote: I recall this has been discused here time ago but can't remember if we finally have a wiki page where to direct users facing any problem with this new default (how to tweak the current presets to fit users needs, how to disable it, pros and