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I don't know if I messed up my computer completely but I got this message: Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that you may be out of diskspace.Try logging in with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix this problem.

Asked by Neisha

and also I checked the view details of the message i got but its just plain ole blank...so i'm wondering can my problem still be some what solved.... oh and also I ttried the failsafe sessions but I don't know what the world im suppose to do so what do I need to do to solve this?

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Best Derek White (d-man97) said : 		#1

Did your session really last less than 10 seconds?
Can you get into your Desktop now? At all since you go the error?
Can you get into the Desktop with the failsafe session?

They are refering to using dpkg/apt-get to free disk space. By default Synaptic and apt-get both tell dpkg to save any packages you have downloaded from the internet for upgrades.

To remove these files:
Enter recovery console (by hitting escape when grub is about to start - it prompts you) OR enter a failsafe session from the login screen.

At the recovery console: select the option to go into a root prompt. In the failsafe mode: open a terminal via Applications > Accessories > Terminal. Then run:
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean

(From the recovery console you do not need to precede the commands with sudo.)

Recovery console: Type exit to return to the options and select the option to continue booting normally.
Failsafe session: Log out & log back in normally.

Does the error still occur? If not, check your disk space with Applications > Accessories > Disk Usage Analyzer and look for anything you should delete. Got 100 movies somewhere? Back them up somewhere else or get rid of them. Forgot to remove that 4.3 GB DVD iso? Delete it or burn it! You get the idea.

If disk space is not your problem, then let us know! Good luck.

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Neisha (candywoman407) said : 		#2

ok Derek I tried the 3 commands and the first 2 relayed me the same message E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run dpkg --configure -a to correct the problem... so should I run this in my terminal "dpkg --configure -a" and also Derek the last command didn't really relay to me a message of some sort...

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Neisha (candywoman407) said : 		#3

ok ok I got it thank you soooo much Derek that really fixed my problem.... time to free some space thanks again

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Derek White (d-man97) said : 		#4

Your welcome!

It is normal for them not to output anything, they do there job and close. If anything it output it means there was a problem. I guess you already did, but yes. Run the --configure command. It usually means there was a problem with the installation/configuration of a program and it did not complete properly. If after running the command, there are still problems, then you get to ask another question!

Also, if you would be so kind, hit the button that says something like "That solved my problem" by my post that worked for you. It can help others find their answer more quickly in the future.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

sudo dpkg --configure --configure -a

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Also during boot up you might get a "recovery mode" option and this has aious tools worth trying, such as "Clear some space", and then finish up with "Resume normal bootiup" ;)

Welcome to linux-land
Regards from
Tom :)

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Neisha (candywoman407) said : 		#7

Thanks Derek White, that solved my question.