Upgrade failing due to lack of space (on rootfs?)

Hello,

I tried making system updates through

 sudo pacman -Syu garuda-hooks

and I have a failure that looks like it comes from not enough disk space:

:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
warning: garuda-hooks-2.6.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: python-ipykernel will be installed before its python-jupyter_client dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: python-jupyterlab_server will be installed before its jupyter-server dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: jupyterlab will be installed before its jupyter-server dependency

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Total Download Size:      0.35 MiB
Total Installed Size:  3889.04 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        87.85 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
 sdl-1:1.2.15+r406+gf1caf909-1-x86_64  359.4 KiB  3.19 MiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
(211/211) checking keys in keyring                                 [------------------------------------] 100%
(211/211) checking package integrity                               [------------------------------------] 100%
(211/211) loading package files                                    [------------------------------------] 100%
(211/211) checking for file conflicts                              [------------------------------------] 100%
(211/211) checking available disk space                            [------------------------------------] 100%
error: Partition / too full: 35018 blocks needed, 4 blocks free
error: not enough free disk space
error: failed to commit transaction (not enough free disk space)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

However my disk is not really full, I can still create files etc. I tried removing libreoffice to make space but then I had a "fail to run transaction hooks" errors. I had something regarding a PGP key which seemed to be fixed by updating archlinux-keyring yet the above issue still stands.

When I run: df -h I get

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev             3.7G     0  3.7G   0% /dev
run             3.7G  2.0M  3.7G   1% /run
rootfs          3.7G  3.7G   12K 100% /
tmpfs           3.7G     0  3.7G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/nvme0n1p1  256M   31M  226M  13% /boot/efi
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /home
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /root
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /srv
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /var/cache
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /var/log
/dev/dm-0       144G   17G  126G  12% /var/tmp
tmpfs           3.7G  416K  3.7G   1% /home/guest
tmpfs           3.7G  6.6M  3.7G   1% /tmp
tmpfs           754M  108K  754M   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda1       239G  162G   77G  68% /run/media/benoitseron/3334-6434

hence it seems that the problem would be with rootfs, right?

The ouput of garuda-inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 5.16.16-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/.snapshots/18/snapshot/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=075bb302-40dc-4147-96e2-52264d053f21
    cryptdevice=UUID=ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447:luks-ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447 quiet splash
    rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    rootflags=defaults,noatime,noautodefrag,compress=zstd,subvol=@/.snapshots/18/snapshot
  Desktop: GNOME v: 41.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.33 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 41.3
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Microsoft product: Surface Pro 7
    v: 124I:00046T:000M:0100000D:0B:07F:0C:05P:48S:1E:0Y:1K:0U:04R:5
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Microsoft model: Surface Pro 7 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Microsoft v: 13.101.140 date: 12/14/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 31.7 Wh (81.7%) condition: 38.8/43.2 Wh (89.8%)
    volts: 8.5 min: 7.6 model: DYN M1109597 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: charging cycles: 179
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-1035G4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xA8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1137 high: 1201 min/max: 400/3700 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1201 2: 1201 3: 1201
    4: 1152 5: 1102 6: 1100 7: 1101 8: 1042 bogomips: 23961
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Can't use string ("edid-sync") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/bin/inxi line 28619, <$fh> line 1.
System:
  Kernel: 5.16.16-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/.snapshots/18/snapshot/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=075bb302-40dc-4147-96e2-52264d053f21
    cryptdevice=UUID=ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447:luks-ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-ebbed3b6-b8d5-43db-99f1-10e395d7d447 quiet splash
    rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    rootflags=defaults,noatime,noautodefrag,compress=zstd,subvol=@/.snapshots/18/snapshot
  Desktop: GNOME v: 41.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.33 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 41.3
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Microsoft product: Surface Pro 7
    v: 124I:00046T:000M:0100000D:0B:07F:0C:05P:48S:1E:0Y:1K:0U:04R:5
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Microsoft model: Surface Pro 7 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Microsoft v: 13.101.140 date: 12/14/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 31.7 Wh (81.7%) condition: 38.8/43.2 Wh (89.8%)
    volts: 8.5 min: 7.6 model: DYN M1109597 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: charging cycles: 179
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-1035G4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xA8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1205 high: 1284 min/max: 400/3700 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1200 2: 1159 3: 1162
    4: 1236 5: 1201 6: 1201 7: 1200 8: 1284 bogomips: 23961
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Can't use string ("edid-sync") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/bin/inxi line 28619, <$fh> line 1.
Garuda (2.6.2-1):
  System install date:     2022-03-28
  Last full system update: 2022-03-29
  Is partially upgraded:   Yes
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:            snapper-cleanup.service 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Well, the problem is clear and df -h is showing this to you:

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
rootfs          3.7G  3.7G   12K 100% /

What you need is to delete some files on your / filesystem (which I can't give advice of because even the /var/cache is on another partition) if you want to upgrade. I don't understand why do you create a root partition with so little space.

Honestly, it would be better to just reinstall and give a lot of more space to / because you will be facing this issue almost everytime you want to update or install something.

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I don't think I manually wrote that partition size myself, just did a standard install.

And if I reinstall then I have to reparametrise/reinstall everything on my computer, right? isn't there a way to avoid having to do that?

You're currently booted into a snapshot!
Run garuda-update in terminal and you will see.

You have to restore the snapshot via BTRFS Assistant before you can update your system.

Please always apply system updates with garuda-update

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Yes I did this because the previous update failed (I used the snapshot for a week or two)… Now indeed, it works after restoring the snapshot, thanks a lot.

Is there a point in trying to increase the partition size of root with something like gparted to avoid further problems?

Your disk space probably isn’t a problem. When you are booted into a snapshot, / is an overlayfs. It was probably the overlay that was running out of space.

We can see for sure if you share df -h now that you are no longer booted into the snapshot.

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Here is what I get

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev             3.7G     0  3.7G   0% /dev
run             3.7G  1.9M  3.7G   1% /run
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /
tmpfs           3.7G     0  3.7G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /home
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /root
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /srv
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /var/log
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /var/cache
/dev/dm-0       144G   26G  117G  18% /var/tmp
tmpfs           3.7G  400K  3.7G   1% /home/guest
tmpfs           3.7G  8.0K  3.7G   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p1  256M   31M  226M  13% /boot/efi
tmpfs           754M  731M   24M  97% /run/user/1000

seems ok no?

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Yes, you have 117GiB free. That should be plenty :wink:

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