Bug 424364 - When Plasma fails to start because $HOME is out of space, error message about this should be shown but isn't
Summary: When Plasma fails to start because $HOME is out of space, error message about...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Startup process (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.17.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2020-07-18 08:12 UTC by David
Modified: 2025-01-09 21:39 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e2cc02b75eec6b69a92a5469b4e8611d3957ef62
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.3.0
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Description David 2020-07-18 08:12:29 UTC 
SUMMARY
If I run out of disk space, KDE will not start, and will instead get stuck on the loading window after the kernel is started, without any indication of what's wrong. Took me some time to figure out my disk was full and had to delete files by switching to Ctrl+Shift+F<something> to a terminal.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use all space in disk.
2. Restart computer.

OBSERVED RESULT
Gets stuck in the KDE splash screen forever.

EXPECTED RESULT
Should throw an error saying that it cannot start because the disk is full.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma:
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KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70
Qt Version: 5.12.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-04-27 19:46:35 UTC 
We do have this:

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/ksmserver/main.cpp#L90

So maybe it's not working?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-01-09 21:39:12 UTC 
We've removed these sanity checks that can prevent login, because they weren't really gaining anything in the sanity department. Done by David Redondo with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e2cc02b75eec6b69a92a5469b4e8611d3957ef62 for Plasma 6.3.0!