[Bug 41170] Re: The typical user will not know how to "make some free disk space" when he cannot log into a graphical desktop

[Chris Wagner]

Hi Mantas.  Do you have any knowledge of how GDM/gnome-session work?
For instance, why a lock file is needed (?) and where the lock file is
stored (?).

Creating a place-holder file under /tmp is not fool-proof, unless that
is the same directory where the temporary lock file (or whatever file)
is stored.  The /tmp directory could have a partition mounted to it that
is different from the partition where the lock file will need to be
written.

I wouldn't bother reporting a another bug, against gnome-session, until
it is determined, for certain, where the problem exists.

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The typical user will not know how to "make some free disk space" when he cannot log into a graphical desktop
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41170