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need detailed help to get to recovery mode?

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gdm could not write a new authorization entry to disk. possibly out of diskspace. error: no space left on device
then has login at bottom but want let me log in what can i do ?

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

Follow the first few steps here.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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billy (carrollbob30) said : 		#2

sorry it didnt work

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billy (carrollbob30) said : 		#3

gdm could not write a new authorization entry to disk. possibly out of diskspace. error: no space left on device
then has login at bottom but want let me log in what can i do ?

could not start the x server (your graphical environment)
due to some interal error.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#4

Recovery mode should not attempt to initialise X. Are you sure that you have booted to the recovery console?

Alternatley, you can boot a liveCD, then free up some space on your main drive.

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billy (carrollbob30) said : 		#5

i got to the recovery menu. now how can i clean the system ?
                                                        thank you

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Best mycae (mycae) said : 		#6

well, you will have to find file that you can delete, first we can try dumping your package cache, and then probably you can look in your home folder

Try this command:
apt-get clean

then see how much space you have:
df -h

Then if after a reboot you still don't have enough space:
su billy
cd /home/billy
ls

and carefully delete files:
rm NAME_OF_FILE

you can use "cd FOLDERNAME" to change folders, and "rm FILENAME" to remove files

Deleting the wrong file could mess up your system, so make sure you know what you are deleting. Also, there is no trash, it just gets deleted.

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billy (carrollbob30) said : 		#7

thanks it worked got the computer working again. just going to try to delete some downloads.