Can’t download large files

[shamaar...@gmail.com]

I’m trying to download a 1.6gb file but after it’s complete I get:

there is not enough room on the disk to save /tmp/mozilla_user0/fN+pjzFx.part

I made sure the download was directed to another file after download in Firefox but it still keeps prioritizing the tmp folder. I then attempt to unmount:
sudo umount /tmp - -force
Device is busy
I tried deleting the mozilla_user0 and the system created the folder that’s only 1gb

Is there any other way to fix this?

[Steve Coleman]

Under settings just set firefox to ask where to save files and then choose a place where you have room for it.

If the file will only be needed temporarily you can try passing a USB to the VM, mount it using the files app, and set Firefox to download it to there. This works well if you just need to burn a DVD and remove the image when done.

[shamaar...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reply. The system still prioritizes the tmp file even after I change the settings and use a usb. Do you know any other command that can disable the tmp folder?

[Steve Coleman]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 1:50 PM <shamaar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the reply. The system still prioritizes the tmp file even after I change the settings and use a usb. Do you know any other command that can disable the tmp folder?

Strange, I have never had any problem telling firefox where to download anything. You do have enough free space before starting the download? (e.g. df -H ) any volume has less than say 85% then you might want to grow that volume a little first.

What you could try is to manually mount the USB volume on top of the Firefox tmp folder instead. Then that one directory will have that whole volume for that one temp directory/file. 

Alternately you can Google how to create a temp file in dom0 with 'truncate', create a loop device for it, and pass that device into the AppVM, format the volume ext4, and mount it where you need that extra space temporarily. If you look up how to upgrade a fedora template you can find the general instructions there to use as an example,  only where you mount it will be different.

[awokd]

Steve Coleman:

> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 1:50 PM <shamaar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply. The system still prioritizes the tmp file even after
>> I change the settings and use a usb. Do you know any other command that can
>> disable the tmp folder?
>>

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1195088
(Might be a new "feature".)

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[cubit]

Aug 7, 2020, 20:22 by shamaar...@gmail.com:

Make sure the allocated space for the AppVM is large enough.  By default an AppVM get created with 2GB of user space.

Open Qubes Manager,   open the settings for the AppVM and increase "Private storage Max size" as needed.

cubit