Timeshift takeover
Q I am apparently out of space on my SSD, which is odd and shouldn’t be the case. I tried to clear up some space (around 15GB) and nothing seems to free up room. I then noticed that Timeshift is running, because the logo is visible on the bottom-right side of my screen (it usually isn’t there). When I hover over the logo it says, “A Timeshift system snapshot is being created.” It doesn’t let me open Timeshift or any program really. When trying to open Timeshift, it says “Scheduled snapshot in progress…”
I went into my recycling bin to try clearing it for space and it doesn’t let me do that either. It says, “Failed to delete this item from trash, do you want to skip it?” After learning that clearing space or my recycling bin won’t do anything, it’s been over a day, and I haven’t turned my PC off because I’m scared it won’t turn back on.
Edward Walters
A It appears that is stalled mid-backup because the filesystem is full. You could kill but that would most likely leave you with a corrupted backup. A safer approach would be to free up some space to allow to complete the current backup. Start by deleting downloaded package files from software installations. To do this, fire up go to Preferences > Files and press Delete Cached Package Files. You may also want to select Delete Downloaded Packages After Installation to stop the cache
