Unable to install kernel on chroot = No space left on device?

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Hey a borked garuda-update gave me a fake “no space left on device” error, and when i restarted i had no kernel. i am now in chroot and need to re-install one, but i still get the fake no space error (there is definitely space left)

garuda-update :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/log/garuda/': No space left on device

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alias fixpacman="sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck"

BTW, you can also post garuda-inxi from the live ISO.

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i’ve tried that, still no go

error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to synchronize all databases (unable to lock database) mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/log/garuda/': No space left on device

4

Are you sure, you are in chroot?
Did you start it from Garuda-Welcome?
From terminal?

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yes i am in chroot - i started from terminal using the guide here in the forum

garuda-inxi

12System:
  12Kernel 6.5.9-zen2-1-zen 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 13.2.1 12clocksource hpet
    12available acpi_pm 12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_GNOME_RAPTOR quiet systemd.show_status=1 ibt=off
    driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1 modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
  12Desktop GNOME 12v 45.1 12tk GTK 12v 3.24.38 12dm N/A 12Distro Garuda Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Laptop 12System ASUSTeK 12product ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401QH_GA401QH 12v 1.0 12serial <filter>
  12Mobo ASUSTeK 12model GA401QH 12v 1.0 12serial <filter> 12UEFI American Megatrends LLC. 12v GA401QH.414
    12date 07/20/2023
12Battery:
  12ID-1 BAT0 12charge 61.4 Wh (100.0%) 12condition 61.4/76.0 Wh (80.7%) 12volts 15.8 12min 15.8
    12model ASUSTeK ASUS Battery 12type Li-ion 12serial N/A 12status not charging
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  12Info 12model AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS with Radeon Graphics 12socket FP6 12bits 64 12type MT MCP 12arch Zen 3
    12gen 4 12level v3 12note check 12built 2021-22 12process TSMC n7 (7nm) 12family 0x19 (25) 12model-id 0x50 (80)
    12stepping 0 12microcode 0xA50000C
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 8 12tpc 2 12threads 16 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 512 KiB
    12desc d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB 12L2 4 MiB 12desc 8x512 KiB 12L3 16 MiB 12desc 1x16 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 771 12high 2056 12min/max 400/4463 12base/boost 3200/4450 12scaling
    12driver amd-pstate-epp 12governor powersave 12volts 1.2 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores 121 2056 122 400 123 1936
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    12bogomips 102213
  12Flags avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  12Vulnerabilities <filter>
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  12Device-1 NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver N/A
    12non-free 545.xx+ 12status current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) 12arch Turing 12code TUxxx
    12process TSMC 12nm FF 12built 2018-2022 12pcie 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 8 12link-max 12gen 4
    12speed 16 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1f9d 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-2 AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver amdgpu
    12v kernel 12arch GCN-5 12code Vega 12process GF 14nm 12built 2017-20 12pcie 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16
    12link-max 12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12ports 12active eDP-1 12empty HDMI-A-1 12bus-ID 04:00.0 12chip-ID 1002:1638
    12class-ID 0300 12temp 59.0 C
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.9 12with Xwayland 12v 23.2.2 12driver 12X 12loaded amdgpu
    12unloaded modesetting,radeon 12alternate fbdev,vesa 12dri radeonsi 12gpu amdgpu 12display-ID :0
  12Monitor-1 eDP-1 12model ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d5 12built 2016 12res 1920x1080 12dpi 158 12gamma 1.2
    12size 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") 12diag 354mm (13.9") 12ratio 16:9 12modes 12max 1920x1080 12min 640x480
  12API Vulkan 12Message No Vulkan data available.
  12API OpenGL 12Message Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 NVIDIA 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 8
    12link-max 12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 01:00.1 12chip-ID 10de:10fa 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 3
    12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12bus-ID 04:00.1 12chip-ID 1002:1637 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-3 AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver N/A 12pcie 12gen 3
    12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12bus-ID 04:00.5 12chip-ID 1022:15e2 12class-ID 0480
  12Device-4 AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 3
    12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12bus-ID 04:00.6 12chip-ID 1022:15e3 12class-ID 0403
  12API ALSA 12v k6.5.9-zen2-1-zen 12status kernel-api 12tools N/A
  12Server-1 PipeWire 12v 0.3.84 12status off 12with 121 pipewire-pulse 12status off 122 wireplumber 12status off
    123 pipewire-alsa 12type plugin 124 pw-jack 12type plugin 12tools pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
12Network:
  12Device-1 Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 12driver iwlwifi 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 2 12speed 5 GT/s 12lanes 1
    12bus-ID 02:00.0 12chip-ID 8086:2723 12class-ID 0280
  12IF wlp2s0 12state down 12mac <filter>
  12IF-ID-1 enp4s0f4u2 12state unknown 12speed -1 12duplex half 12mac <filter>
12Bluetooth:
  12Device-1 Google Nexus/Pixel Device (tether+ debug) 12driver rndis_host 12v kernel 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 3-2:5 12chip-ID 18d1:4ee4 12class-ID 0a00 12serial <filter>
  12Device-2 Intel AX200 Bluetooth 12driver btusb 12v 0.8 12type USB 12rev 2.0 12speed 12 Mb/s 12lanes 1
    12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 3-4:3 12chip-ID 8087:0029 12class-ID e001
  12Report 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 0 12state down 12bt-service N/A 12rfk-block 12hardware no 12software no 12address N/A
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 505.94 GiB 12used 463.73 GiB (91.7%)
  12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 12maj-min 259:0 12vendor Samsung 12model MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00 12size 476.94 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4 12tech SSD 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev FXM7201Q 12temp 55.9 C
  12ID-2 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12model USB Disk 3.0 12size 29 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
    12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 3.2 12spd 5 Gb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12tech N/A 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev 2.00
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 476.64 GiB 12size 476.64 GiB (100.00%) 12used 463.73 GiB (97.3%) 12fs btrfs
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/dm-0 12maj-min 254:0 12mapped crypto_LUKS
12Swap:
  12Kernel 12swappiness 133 (default 60) 12cache-pressure 100 (default) 12zswap no
  12ID-1 swap-1 12type zram 12size 15.03 GiB 12used 0 KiB (0.0%) 12priority 100 12comp zstd
    12avail lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 12max-streams 16 12dev /dev/zram0
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 65.0 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu amdgpu 12temp 59.0 C
  12Fan Speeds (rpm) 12cpu 2500
12Info:
  12Processes 0 12Uptime 21m 12wakeups 0 12Memory 12total 16 GiB 12note est. 12available 15.03 GiB
  12used 2.67 GiB (17.8%) 12Init systemd 12v 254 12default graphical 12tool systemctl 12Compilers 12gcc 13.2.1
  12clang 16.0.6 12Packages 12pm guix-sys 12pkgs 0 12pm guix-usr 12pkgs 0 12pm pacman 12pkgs 1851 12libs 448
  12tools pamac,paru 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 0 12Client 12inxi 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.17-1):
head: cannot open '/var/log/pacman.log' for reading: No such file or directory
  System install date:     
  Last full system update: 2023-10-25
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager connman mkinitcpio
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Running in chroot, ignoring command 'list-units'
  Failed units:
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IDK, seems your system is broken.
Try booting from last working snapshot.

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i did, and got to gnomes login screen - but everytime i enter my password it just loads the login screen again

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Power failure, or what happened?
Use from login screen TTY3, login,

fixpacman
mhwd-kernel -li
update
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IMG_20231113_112858
IMG_20231113_1128583715×863 690 KB

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moved back to fish, got thread 'main' panicked at 'McFly error: Insert into commands to work (unable to open database file)', src/history/history.rs:141:57

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There are typos by keyboard layout.

sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

df -Th
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Currently running: 6.5.6-arch2-1-g14 (linux-g14)

plus the same thread 'main' panicked at 'McFly error: Insert into commands to work (unable to open database file)', message

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IDK this kernel, but you have kernel.

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still says cannor remove, no such file or directory

and no power failure, it was a simple garuda-update that stalled due to “no space left” (there eas), i deleted some files just incase and restarted, then had kernel issues

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Try other, older snapshots.

I am out of ideas.

All day long, I use on many Garuda DE’s, upd (update, garuda-update) no trouble.

?

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i feleted old movies etc to free up space

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clean pacman cache

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IMG_20231113_114508
IMG_20231113_1145083552×1013 561 KB

i get this when starting my normal boot

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ls -la /boot/

and

ls -la /.snapshots/
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i did, and cleaned cache