For some reason Calibre won't let me do anything because "drive is full" which I assume has to do with this.
Update: I believe I "fixed" the error with Calibre by using FlatSeal to add environment variable CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR that changes the Temp directory to something else. So far that's the only program I've seen give trouble.
Fedora Atomic Desktop 42 switched to composefs, which has a small full partition mounted to /. Your "real" filesystem is mounted on /sysroot
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ComposefsAtomicDesktops
That makes sense, thank you! How can I clear up space in it?
You can't, it just part of how Fedora works now. Maybe Fedora should patch Dolphin to take /sysroot into account instead of /
You don't, it's the immutable root partition. You probably need to find the point it's trying to write to and link it to a location it can write to.
Note: I'm still a newbie to atomic desktops too.
You were correct, I believe I "fixed" the error with Calibre by using Flatseal to add an environment variable CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR that changed the Temp directory to something else.
How are you trying to install Calibre? Is it via Flatpak? AppImage?
Did you try it from here? https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
I'm guessing that that method won't work with atomic distros. I'm guessing that it's trying to copy files to an immutable spot.
I would try looking for a Flatpak first.
I was going to suggest the portable one as a backup but that's only for Windows :(
Appreciate the response, I updated my post but I "fixed" this by changing Calibre's temp directory.
shout-out to my boys with non-immutable distros looking at the same usage plot ✊😔
That is your / (root) partition. You can't write to it because Aurora is an atomic & immutable distro.
Source: I use Aurora & Bazzite.
While true, why are you linking this comment in almost all the other comments? They are not incorrect, it just makes you look like an ass.
While true, why are you linking this comment in almost all the other comments?
I've been stuck repeatedly asking myself this question ever since reading your comment 😩 Please be careful about throwing infinite while true loops around! Now I need someone to Ctrl-C me.
How'd it get full then? And if it's supposed to be 100%, any ideas on how can I get Calibre (so far the only app I've noticed that is giving trouble) to ignore it?
It comes full from the first boot, because you're not supposed to be able to write to it. That's kinda he point of an immutable distro
Got it thanks, I think it's weird it shows up in Dolphin this way but at least I know what it is now.
Yeah, I get that. But also, the root mount point is a valid partition, and it is full, so it makes sense why it shows up that way.
I think a lot of the confusion is letting go to old habits and knowledge that don't exactly work with the new system. In still going through that a lot myself (and will probably be making my own troubleshooting post when I have time), but it's always good to experiment and see what you can learn.
Best of luck friend!
Are you trying to install the Flatpak? The native install probably won't work on an immutable distro.
Calibre installs fine (flatpak). I updated my post but I was able to change the temp directory which "fixed" it.
That's the root partition, which is the core system partition. It's probably read only because Aurora is an immutable system, that means that it doesn't let you write to the system partition by default
From https://docs.getaurora.dev/ "System updates are image-based and automatic. Applications are logically separated from the system by using Flatpaks for graphical applications and brew for command line applications. Workloads for development are containerized." Correct me if I'm wrong, I've never heard of this distro before
Run:
df -h
in the terminal and find out.
What's the plug symbol mean?
Not clear, the "drive" doesn't show up in partition manager.
Not mounted by default I assume
Launch Partition Manager and find out. It’s probably boot or efi.
It's not in partition manager actually!
It's smol, probably your boot partition, or some rogue partition got created during OS installation
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