Inconsistent disk usage results

[marmikshah]

My issue seems very similar to this thread

10G of disk space disappeared of xavier

Basically, as you drill down by clicking on subdirectories, it will show only the content used in that new subdirectory or its child subdirectories. You’re going through a forest, and searching for smaller and smaller patches until you see something out of place. In the first filelight image I see “/usr” contains the bulk of used space, although “/home” is significant. Probably, if you drill down on “/usr”, then you can go to its largest subdirectory, and see what is there. If you get to a subd…

But seems the solution is not mentioned here.