no space left on device, even though there is space left

This occurs when trying to do various things, such as installing Flatpaks.
Looking for matches…
F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘flathub’ for ‘org.kde.krita’: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Error renaming temporary file: No space left on device
F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘flathub’ for ‘org.kde.krita’: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Error renaming temporary file: No space left on device
error: No remote refs found for ‘org.kde.krita’
Looking for matches…
F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘flathub’ for ‘org.kde.krita’: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Error renaming temporary file: No space left on device
F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘flathub’ for ‘org.kde.krita’: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Error renaming temporary file: No space left on device
error: No remote refs found for ‘org.kde.krita’
`
iflxy@bazzite:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /sysroot
composefs 43M 43M 0 100% /
devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 16G 160M 16G 1% /dev/shm
efivarfs 128K 19K 105K 16% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs 6.3G 368M 5.9G 6% /run
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs 16G 17M 16G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /var
/dev/nvme0n1p4 2.0G 325M 1.5G 18% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /var/home
/dev/nvme0n1p3 1022M 13M 1010M 2% /boot/efi
/dev/nvme0n1p1 1.7T 1.6T 68G 96% /var/mnt
/dev/sda1 477G 475G 729M 100% /var/home/iflxy/scdrv
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs 3.2G 440K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs 3.2G 56K 3.2G 1% /run/user/0
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /run/BtrfsAssistant/28ab1ce0-4326-4eaf-8d11-4fcbe8b6f5ad
iflxy@bazzite:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /sysroot
composefs 43M 43M 0 100% /
devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 16G 160M 16G 1% /dev/shm
efivarfs 128K 19K 105K 16% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs 6.3G 368M 5.9G 6% /run
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs 16G 17M 16G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /var
/dev/nvme0n1p4 2.0G 325M 1.5G 18% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /var/home
/dev/nvme0n1p3 1022M 13M 1010M 2% /boot/efi
/dev/nvme0n1p1 1.7T 1.6T 68G 96% /var/mnt
/dev/sda1 477G 475G 729M 100% /var/home/iflxy/scdrv
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs 3.2G 440K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs 3.2G 56K 3.2G 1% /run/user/0
/dev/nvme0n1p5 185G 178G 6.9G 97% /run/BtrfsAssistant/28ab1ce0-4326-4eaf-8d11-4fcbe8b6f5ad
It also happened a long time ago on my Arch Linux install, I remember btrfs balance helped. No clue how to do that on Bazzite partition layout tho.
5 Replies
iFlxy
iFlxyOP3mo ago
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iFlxy
iFlxyOP3mo ago
iflxy@bazzite:~$ ujust update

── 15:29:47 - System update ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Pulling manifest: ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Checking out tree 839621e... done
Enabled rpm-md repositories: charm updates fedora rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-free rpmfusion-nonfree-updates rpmfusion-nonfree tailscale-stable updates-archive
Updating metadata for 'updates'... done
Updating metadata for 'updates-archive'... done
Importing rpm-md... done
error: Failed renaming /var/cache/rpm-ostree/solv/updates.solv.pPs4RS to /var/cache/rpm-ostree/solv/updates.solv: No space left on device
System update failed:
0: Command failed: `/usr/bin/rpm-ostree upgrade`
1: `/usr/bin/rpm-ostree` failed: exit status: 1

Location:
src/steps/os/linux.rs:228
Retry? (y)es/(N)o/(s)hell/(q)uit
iflxy@bazzite:~$ ujust update

── 15:29:47 - System update ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Pulling manifest: ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Checking out tree 839621e... done
Enabled rpm-md repositories: charm updates fedora rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-free rpmfusion-nonfree-updates rpmfusion-nonfree tailscale-stable updates-archive
Updating metadata for 'updates'... done
Updating metadata for 'updates-archive'... done
Importing rpm-md... done
error: Failed renaming /var/cache/rpm-ostree/solv/updates.solv.pPs4RS to /var/cache/rpm-ostree/solv/updates.solv: No space left on device
System update failed:
0: Command failed: `/usr/bin/rpm-ostree upgrade`
1: `/usr/bin/rpm-ostree` failed: exit status: 1

Location:
src/steps/os/linux.rs:228
Retry? (y)es/(N)o/(s)hell/(q)uit
.
amel
amel3mo ago
rpm-ostree status? also lsblk -f
iFlxy
iFlxyOP3mo ago
iflxy@bazzite:~$ rpm-ostree status
State: idle
Deployments:
ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:61999a2f29340ab466f68c67d2831341bc7683b5cdc09331719082cef3890d30
Version: 42.20250603 (2025-06-04T01:11:56Z)
SecAdvisories: 1 unknown severity, 1 low, 6 moderate
Diff: 675 upgraded, 1 downgraded, 32 removed, 56 added
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate

● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:91f041cd775526e8fe11089a1ca3433224cb9b5d1580c3ceb50973ec558f6dd9
Version: 42.20250430 (2025-05-01T19:32:10Z)
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate

ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:61999a2f29340ab466f68c67d2831341bc7683b5cdc09331719082cef3890d30
Version: 42.20250603 (2025-06-04T01:11:56Z)
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate
iflxy@bazzite:~$ rpm-ostree status
State: idle
Deployments:
ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:61999a2f29340ab466f68c67d2831341bc7683b5cdc09331719082cef3890d30
Version: 42.20250603 (2025-06-04T01:11:56Z)
SecAdvisories: 1 unknown severity, 1 low, 6 moderate
Diff: 675 upgraded, 1 downgraded, 32 removed, 56 added
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate

● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:91f041cd775526e8fe11089a1ca3433224cb9b5d1580c3ceb50973ec558f6dd9
Version: 42.20250430 (2025-05-01T19:32:10Z)
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate

ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:61999a2f29340ab466f68c67d2831341bc7683b5cdc09331719082cef3890d30
Version: 42.20250603 (2025-06-04T01:11:56Z)
LayeredPackages: drm-utils gameconqueror libappindicator libinput-utils msr-tools nodejs pnpm sway
weston wireshark
Initramfs: regenerate
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1 btrfs 596e149f-7ce0-44d5-a617-8b61f39cd15b 730.2M 99% /var/home/iflxy/scdrv
zram0 swap 1 zram0 e9411b1d-a09b-4044-b42d-8fd57948deca [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 ext4 1.0 d0ef766a-27bf-4ab5-b54e-af8af934bec4 56.1G 92% /var/mnt
├─nvme0n1p2 vfat FAT32 4A8D-F84E
├─nvme0n1p3 vfat FAT32 DFCF-2209 1009.4M 1% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p4 ext4 1.0 6b703eb6-649d-4c35-a64e-7d086eb837c2 1.5G 17% /boot
└─nvme0n1p5 btrfs bazzite_fedora 28ab1ce0-4326-4eaf-8d11-4fcbe8b6f5ad 22.4G 88% /var/home
/var
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/default/var
/etc
/sysroot
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
└─sda1 btrfs 596e149f-7ce0-44d5-a617-8b61f39cd15b 730.2M 99% /var/home/iflxy/scdrv
zram0 swap 1 zram0 e9411b1d-a09b-4044-b42d-8fd57948deca [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 ext4 1.0 d0ef766a-27bf-4ab5-b54e-af8af934bec4 56.1G 92% /var/mnt
├─nvme0n1p2 vfat FAT32 4A8D-F84E
├─nvme0n1p3 vfat FAT32 DFCF-2209 1009.4M 1% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p4 ext4 1.0 6b703eb6-649d-4c35-a64e-7d086eb837c2 1.5G 17% /boot
└─nvme0n1p5 btrfs bazzite_fedora 28ab1ce0-4326-4eaf-8d11-4fcbe8b6f5ad 22.4G 88% /var/home
/var
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/default/var
/etc
/sysroot
antheas
antheas3mo ago
its tight

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