resize partition using gparted

before:

screenshot-dev-sda-gparted.png

after:

screenshot-dev-sda-gparted-1.png

steps:

  1. Ctrl+Alt+F1 (go to tty1)
  2. login with user: root
  3. #/etc/init.d/gdm stop (stop GDM)
  4. #umount /home
  5. #X & (start X in the background process, X server will be up in tty7. please check by type ctrl+alt+f7)
  6. #export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 (set display on tty7 on every application which need X)
  7. #gparted & (start gparted)
  8. Ctrl+Alt+F7 (to see the display)
  9. resize the home partition. and then apply.
  10. quit gparted. and reboot the system.

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