Error with update device full cache clear error

Disk is not full deleted 500 mb to test went down to 5 mb from 66 after that.

:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur is up to date

--> Refreshing mirrorlists using rate-mirrors, please be patient..🍵

:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda downloading...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
multilib downloading...
chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

warning: insufficient columns available for table display
Packages (60) gfxstream-0.1.2-2  glm-1.0.1-1  intel-gmmlib-22.7.2-1
kwallet5-5.116.0-2  libaemu-0.1.2-5  libvlc-3.0.21-20
linux-mainline-6.15-1  linux-mainline-headers-6.15-1  mixxx-2.5.1-3
opencv-4.11.0-11  plasma5-themes-sweet-full-git-r421.400c7b3-1
protobuf-31.0-2  protobuf-c-1.5.2-3  qemu-audio-alsa-10.0.0-5
qemu-audio-dbus-10.0.0-5  qemu-audio-jack-10.0.0-5
qemu-audio-oss-10.0.0-5  qemu-audio-pa-10.0.0-5
qemu-audio-pipewire-10.0.0-5  qemu-audio-sdl-10.0.0-5
qemu-audio-spice-10.0.0-5  qemu-base-10.0.0-5
qemu-block-curl-10.0.0-5  qemu-block-dmg-10.0.0-5
qemu-block-nfs-10.0.0-5  qemu-block-ssh-10.0.0-5
qemu-chardev-spice-10.0.0-5  qemu-common-10.0.0-5
qemu-desktop-10.0.0-5  qemu-hw-display-qxl-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-gl-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-rutabaga-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-rutabaga-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-gl-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-rutabaga-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-uefi-vars-10.0.0-5  qemu-hw-usb-host-10.0.0-5
qemu-hw-usb-redirect-10.0.0-5  qemu-hw-usb-smartcard-10.0.0-5
qemu-img-10.0.0-5  qemu-system-x86-10.0.0-5
qemu-system-x86-firmware-10.0.0-5  qemu-ui-curses-10.0.0-5
qemu-ui-dbus-10.0.0-5  qemu-ui-egl-headless-10.0.0-5
qemu-ui-gtk-10.0.0-5  qemu-ui-opengl-10.0.0-5  qemu-ui-sdl-10.0.0-5
qemu-ui-spice-app-10.0.0-5  qemu-ui-spice-core-10.0.0-5
qemu-vhost-user-gpu-10.0.0-5  re2-1:20240702-5  rutabaga-ffi-0.1.6-2
vlc-3.0.21-20  wxwidgets-common-3.2.8.1-1  wxwidgets-gtk3-3.2.8.1-1

Total Download Size:     0.68 MiB
Total Installed Size:  847.11 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       27.14 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
error: Partition /var/cache too full: 5296 blocks needed, 1712 blocks free
error: failed to commit transaction (not enough free disk space)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Press enter to exit
Font directories:
/root/.local/share/fonts
/usr/local/share/fonts
/usr/share/fonts
/root/.fonts
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita
/usr/share/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell
/usr/share/fonts/encodings
/usr/share/fonts/liberation
/usr/share/fonts/misc
/usr/share/fonts/noto
/usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi
/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei
/root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 9 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita: caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: caching, new cache contents: 160 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/misc: caching, new cache contents: 36 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/noto: caching, new cache contents: 613 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk: caching, new cache contents: 80 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei: caching, new cache contents: 3 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/encodings: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/liberation: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/misc: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/noto: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei: skipping, looped directory detected
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded
Journal file /var/log/journal/0ffb1a6348e54cba82dad3aef969d63d/system@caf25665805e48a38a04f0d8e4c69d17-00000000000570c3-0006360c258d9ad5.journal corrupted, ignoring file.
Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal/0ffb1a6348e54cba82dad3aef969d63d.
Deleted empty archived journal /var/log/journal/0ffb1a6348e54cba82dad3aef969d63d/system@caf25665805e48a38a04f0d8e4c69d17-00000000000570c3-0006360c258d9ad5.journal (0B).
Deleted empty archived journal /var/log/journal/0ffb1a6348e54cba82dad3aef969d63d/system@00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-0000000000000000.journal (0B).
Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /var/log/journal/0ffb1a6348e54cba82dad3aef969d63d.
Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal.
Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /var/log/journal.
Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
Press enter to exit
System:
Kernel: 6.14.8-hardened1-1-hardened arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.1.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: pti=on
page_alloc.shuffle=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-hardened
root=UUID=90bad688-87c2-4fa2-a41d-19c0de4179f2 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet rd.luks.uuid=55e381a9-1da2-4774-9917-9126737d9ffd loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B850-I GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0825 date: 11/29/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA705206
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2988 min/max: 400/5177 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2988 2: 2988 3: 2988
4: 2988 5: 2988 6: 2988 7: 2988 8: 2988 9: 2988 10: 2988 11: 2988 12: 2988
13: 2988 14: 2988 15: 2988 16: 2988 bogomips: 134157
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 32 [Radeon RX 7700 XT /
7800 XT] vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,DP-3 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:747e class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm)
built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-2 bus-ID: 0d:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3440x2880 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom model: Samsung S34CG50 serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 3440x1440 hz: 100 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 2991x1252
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 869mm (34.2")
modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,top model: Samsung S34CG50 serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 3440x1440 hz: 100 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 2991x1252
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 869mm (34.2")
modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi
navi32 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61 6.14.8-hardened1-1-hardened)
device-ID: 1002:747e memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 7800 XT (RADV NAVI32) driver: mesa radv v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:747e surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV PHOENIX) driver: mesa radv v: 25.1.1-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:15bf surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:2
chip-ID: 0b05:1be1 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.14.8-hardened1-1-hardened status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:125c
class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 69.68 GiB (3.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 38.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 71.28 GiB size: 71.28 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.64 GiB (97.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-55e381a9-1da2-4774-9917-9126737d9ffd
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 31.3 MiB (32.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 71.28 GiB size: 71.28 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.64 GiB (97.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-55e381a9-1da2-4774-9917-9126737d9ffd
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 71.28 GiB size: 71.28 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.64 GiB (97.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-55e381a9-1da2-4774-9917-9126737d9ffd
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 71.28 GiB size: 71.28 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.64 GiB (97.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-55e381a9-1da2-4774-9917-9126737d9ffd
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 60.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.6 C mobo: 34.8 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 33.0 C watts: 19.16 device: amdgpu temp: 56.0 C
mem: 56.0 C fan: 563 watts: 42.00
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 60.48 GiB used: 4.93 GiB (8.2%)
Processes: 385 Power: uptime: 19m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 services: power-profiles-daemon,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1460 libs: 458 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date:     2025-02-05
Last full system update: 2025-05-25
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

Did you search our forum for the error messageerror: Partition /var/cache too full:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/search?q=error%3A%20Partition%20%2Fvar%2Fcache%20too%20full%3A%20order%3Alatest

With over 50 hits on our forum, that search term would seem to provide no shortage of posts relating to that subject.

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Hi ,

i dont know if you try Rani to clear cache ? Just a idea.

and orphans too …

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Yes, it is.

Root is full…once again.

That’s not enough, you need more free space. Obviously you don’t understand how BTRFS works and that automatic snapshots are created before and after a system update. And if you run out of space during or after a successful update, you will no longer be able to boot.
In addition to @Duke187’s suggestion, you should also delete old snaphots.

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BTRFS does not automatically recover deleted space, because it stores snapshots until they are deleted by the user. You need to familiarize yourself with how BTRFS works:

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or copy bigger files somewhere else to external drive.

70GB is less for a system if you have a 2TB drive :wink: may do more free space from your win or other os and add it to fstab and so on check the forum here too about :wink: or ask

FYI @shelled: since this is all related, please reread your parallel thread (I edited my last post in the linked topic again):


Edit: The most reasonable would be to reinstall Garuda (according to your other topics you are used to this and it shouldn’t bother you) and give the partition much more space during the installation. Since you obviously do audio and content creation as well as gaming, distrobox experiments and I don’t know what else, I recommend at least 500GB for the Linux partition (or preferably take the whole NVMe).

I hope that after that you stop creating topics about non working updates, snapshots or this or that not working anymore because you ran out of free space through your own fault.

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I’m with you cause I’m running out of popcorn :popcorn: and soda :cup_with_straw: watching this and other threads. :rofl:

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