GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 578733
Confusing message when device containing /tmp is full
Last modified: 2016-02-03 22:04:06 UTC
This bug was reported in the Ubuntu bug tracker, at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/359835 . Excerpt: "...the error message seen, when there is no disk space left on the device containing /tmp, is rather confusing -- especially considering that the given CD-R I'm trying to burn onto is what first comes to mind when I hear "resource" in this context. An error message like, "No space is left to create temporary files in /tmp" would be better..." Other information:
Thanks for the report. This message is not from brasero but from an underlying library. So I don't know if I can do something here. I'd need a full log to know what backend returns such a message please (brasero -g > log 2>&1).
Oh, sorry -- I'll try to get the log for you soon. Launchpad did not subscribe me to this report so I only just saw your comment...
Created attachment 136579 [details] Log file, as requested Here's the requested log file. Thanks!
Thanks for the log and sorry for the delay. The message comes from libc through gstreamer and gstreamer does not return a numeric value just the string. So there is no way to catch a type of error and replace it with a more exploitable message. Nevertheless brasero was changed and it now handles problems with the folder for temporary files differently; in addition to the error message, it will ask you if you want to change the location for temporary files in dialog box which both gives you some context for the error message and allows you to recover from the error. I think we can close the bug. If you feel otherwise, please feel free to reopen the bug to discuss it.
Thats still not! fixed in 3.12.1, in year 2016.
See: Bug 761524