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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago

That is your / (root) partition. You can't write to it because Aurora is an atomic & immutable distro.

Source: I use Aurora & Bazzite.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

Nerd jokebreak;

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I added a break 😆

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Nerd Humor - the best kind of Humor"

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, I replied to two comments. I was just trying to let them learn the actual cause of OP's problem so they can help others in the future. I am sorry if I didn't follow proper etiquette.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I counted 3 of them.

Problem is that by doing that you are basically telling them "my answer is better than yours". That not yours to decide, and that's the reason you get downvoted despite having a part of what OP was searching for.

Just think of the obnoxious kid that'd boast for having half a point more than you did. You basically did the internet equivalent.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Got it thanks, I think it's weird it shows up in Dolphin this way but at least I know what it is now.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Are you trying to install the Flatpak? The native install probably won't work on an immutable distro.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Calibre installs fine (flatpak). I updated my post but I was able to change the temp directory which "fixed" it.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That makes sense, thank you! How can I clear up space in it?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

You can't, it just part of how Fedora works now. Maybe Fedora should patch Dolphin to take /sysroot into account instead of /

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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 :(

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Appreciate the response, I updated my post but I "fixed" this by changing Calibre's temp directory.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh that's a neat app! I hadn't heard of it before

Glad you got it going!

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

shout-out to my boys with non-immutable distros looking at the same usage plot ✊😔

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

This is completely unrelated to your problem:

The calibre website recommends extremely strongly against using their software packaged by anyone else other than calibre themselves as they are often (see usually) buggy or extremely outdated.

It may be worth it to manually "install" the app from their website somewhere in your ~/.local/ and see if you have less issues using the official package.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Run:

df -h

in the terminal and find out.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

+1 to op for posting the solution godspeed 🫡

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

What's the plug symbol mean?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not clear, the "drive" doesn't show up in partition manager.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not mounted by default I assume

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Launch Partition Manager and find out. It’s probably boot or efi.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's not in partition manager actually!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fyi if you find it annoying to see this this everytime you open Dolphin, you can right-click it and set it to hidden

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's smol, probably your boot partition, or some rogue partition got created during OS installation

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