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sudo find / -size +5G -ls

listed debug files with more than 8GB size at /sys/kernel/debug/dri/n/amdgpu_vram

(n is the number of GPUs)

These might be useless debug files. Cannot delete them (error "Operation not permited"). How to delete these files?

cjclm7
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These are not files in the traditional sense.

The entire /sys filesystem is a virtual file system, which maps various system functions as files. They are not stored on disk; they're merely mechanisms to access various kernel functions. In this case, the file is the video RAM. The files can serve as a debugging interface, thus the naming.

Removing them does literally not make sense - as they're an representation of a physical feature of your computer system. That's why you're not allowed to remove them.

In short: Do not touch anything inside /sys or /proc unless you know what you are doing. You may crash your system. Reading them is generally safe - worst case will typically garble your terminal with random data.

There's lots of interesting stuff in /sys and /proc, that can tell you a whole lot about how your system operates, both the Linux kernel, and physical parts of your computer.

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I have the same problem.

df -Th

command shows 100% Usage on / . Therefore, it is not imaginary problem. It is what did happen in my rig before, too. I solved it by using commands like

sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt clean
sudo apt autoremove --purge
sudo rm /var/log/kern.log
touch /forcefsck
sudo shutdown -rF now

If I find the full solution, I will post it here. ncdu is a better application for checking disk space usage in command line.

apt install ncdu

After several reboot and using commands like above and

sudo lsof +L1 | grep deleted

to detect processes which hold deleted files, the problem solved.

Ahmad Yoosofan
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