From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 17:33:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E02916A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:33:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B5D43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:33:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k21HX1nU012064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:33:02 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k21HWQWw003135; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:32:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k21HWQm3003134; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:32:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:32:26 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Pgold Message-ID: <20060301173226.GA3108@flame.pc> References: <96341e070603010924x1412d5e2gbe95786ef782b627@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <96341e070603010924x1412d5e2gbe95786ef782b627@mail.gmail.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.371, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.83, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems recompiling kernel. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:33:16 -0000 On 2006-03-01 15:24, Pgold wrote: > I tried to compile the FreeBSD 6.0 kernle, but /usr ran out of space. > What can I do? > Now I can't even start X, so, what files should I remove(already > removed /usr/obj)? Please be more specific about the *EXACT* steps you used to rebuild the kernel. Then we may have a better idea where the free space has gone. Or you can try to find out yourself. As root try: # cd /usr # du -sk * Then when you find the /usr subdirectory that uses most of the free space, you can descend one level deeper and repeat ``du -sk *'' until you find out what parts of /usr take up most of its space. - Giorgos