Unremoveable ghost snapshots filling root drive

garuda-inxi is irrelevant imo as i fixed this issue already, but here anyway:

garuda-inxi 
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.91-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=63f3c83e-5747-44de-974f-c89d4101bd95 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=c0d4fb48-27bb-458a-9d32-db4bea9d7420 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: Z77A-GD55 (MS-7751) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.11
    date: 11/20/2013
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-3770K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
    gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2410 high: 3473 min/max: 1600/3900 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 1807 2: 1693 3: 1981
    4: 2722 5: 1846 6: 2706 7: 3054 8: 3473 bogomips: 56001
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 470.161.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free:
    series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler
    code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:11c0
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 470.161.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free:
    series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler
    code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:11c0 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 94 s-size: 518x291mm (20.39x11.46")
    s-diag: 594mm (23.39")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
    size: 510x290mm (20.08x11.42") diag: 587mm (23.1") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.161.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX
    660/PCIe/SSE2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0b class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0e0b class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.91-1-lts running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-3: pvpnksintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.91 TiB used: 539.65 GiB (18.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SH103S3120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0107 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0107 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Kingston model: SH103S3120G
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 39.75 GiB size: 39.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 21.15 GiB (53.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 71.04 GiB size: 71.04 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 34.56 GiB (48.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 39.75 GiB size: 39.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 21.15 GiB (53.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 39.75 GiB size: 39.75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 21.15 GiB (53.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 23.43 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 36%
Info:
  Processes: 316 Uptime: 3h 54m wakeups: 0 Memory: 23.43 GiB
  used: 2.84 GiB (12.1%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1980
  libs: 548 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 running-in: konsole
  inxi: 3.3.24
Garuda (2.6.14-1):
  System install date:     2023-01-15
  Last full system update: 2023-02-02
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            

theme.conf.user -

/usr/share/sddm/themes/Sweet/theme.conf.user

-refers to the original default file found in the default SDDM login screen folder in the default location where it gets installed by default, as suggested in this forum post:

snapper/timeshift:
this happened before, over a year ago with an older version of Garuda with Timeshift, this time it happened with Snapper, so it’s the actual snapshot function - the specific interface software is obviously irrelevant.
i nuked and reinstalled just last october due to my root drive filling up and it’s happened again and now i know why.

path:
the snapshots were in the root directory, each with their own @snapshot folder name, i think they hand the date built into the numbered section of the file name but the metadata like the name i gave the manual snapshot and creation date were gone, most likely deleted when i thought i deleted the entire thing.

i had the idea to look around my root folder from windows because of a randomly numbered btrfs process that repeatedly refused to shut down when shutting down or restarting the system. i think this was a process/s that was trying to delete this crap and hanging due to the immutable flag on the one file it can’t delete.

i could cannot see the snapshots while in the main Garuda install, not from Snapper nor from btrfs Assistant. i first saw them while looking around from windows, which is why i saw to use a live-disk interface to remove them. my windows 7 brtfs driver will not provide admin overrides so i had to do it from a live-disk.

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