rootfs full
 

I know there are several posts about this. but i have a different question.

My Rootfs is 97% full. when trying to update the repositories i get the message that the extra devel cant be refreshed because the lack of memory on root.

Is there a way to see wich apps are installed on the root. i tried it in easy debian with root on the pcmanfm but i cant find the apps in the root directory.

I dont want te reflash. i want to see wich apps are swallowing up the space and just delete those.

anyone know how?

Re: rootfs full
 

http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs_space

and especially
http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs...side_of_rootfs

what about consulting wiki before posting new thread with topic that has been discussed numerous times?

Re: rootfs full
 

You can use StorageUsage to check on rootfs usage by apps (though it's a little out of date and doesn't take into account the recent python optification), or you can use some command-line scripts - I've posted the ones I use here, but there's a few different ones posted around.

Re: rootfs full
 

if you have multiple repos up - for example extras, testing and devel - you could always disable two of these and only refresh one.
so: disable testing and devel -> update extras... then disable extras and devel -> update devel... and so on...
maybe only disabling testing or devel (one of these) would help because they are very large...

Re: rootfs full
 

just optified python and disabled extra devel and extras testing. its not helping. still low on memory. Isn't there a more easy way to see wich apps are installed on root. or to see the map structure of root somewhere?

with that explaination i need to manually open an app and then hit the code to see if its optified. i have like 75 apps on this thing!

Why wasn't this build in the hildon application manager? Why cant you just hit a button wich shows you the path where it is installed?

Cant someone make a plugin to do this. And why not make something in the repositories wich will warn that is or isn't optified. in the info tab before installing.

Now i need to reflash my device and install all apps manually.

I also asked myself, every app even optified ones use an amount of space on the root. so in theory the memory will be full no matter how hard you try to optify. why is this system so criple?

Re: rootfs full
 

Don't forget the obvious reboot :) - the space never seems to show up until then :D

Re: rootfs full
 

Won't help you now, but 'Storageusage' works fine for me and shows me what are the heavyweights in my rootfs area.

Re: rootfs full
 

because that is not needed with fully optimized apps. normal users shouldn't even use extras-testing and extras-devel if they don't know how to play around with these things. just look at output of df |grep rootfs, remove package, look at output. if the difference is big, leave app uninstalled. if it is small, reinstall app.

have you already moved app managers cache?
http://wiki.maemo.org/Free_up_rootfs...side_of_rootfs

Re: rootfs full
 

ossipena, its hardly useless. Programmers will NOT be optifying their software Im sure because Im am programmer myself, we are lazy :D.
Our only chance if somebody smart create script like consoletools on N8x0 for dualbooting from SD card.

Re: rootfs full
 

why not?

being honest: I laughed at your comment.

e: I can give you a hint:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist