Public bug reported: Forum thread is here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1284691&page=1 System Karmic Beta i386 Machine Dell Inspiron 1000 Laptop Celeron 2.4 running 256MB RAM 40 GB HDD Partitioning: SDA1 100 MB with /boot SDA2 764 MB swap SDA3 6.4 GB with / SDA4 29.5 GB /home Problem: After the initial install from alternate cd, and system update to -14 kernel version, the computer could not boot in to gnome or xterm. “The configuration defaults for GNOME Power Manager have not been installed correctly. Please contact your computer administrator." further investigation showed that the disk is full and in particular the /var/log directory occupied all available space for root. These particular files are a problem: sys.log is 1.7 GB kern.log is 1.6 GB messages are 700 mb copies are available if needed. Dmesg is attached. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- /var/log fills all available space during upgrade and causes system failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453444 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
