Re: 54 GB in /var/log!!
- From: Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:06:13 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:39:01 -0700, Craig White wrote:
[...]----
from command line, cut down your large log files by locating them...
# find /var/log -type f -size +2000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{
print $8 ": " $5 }'
----
it's just a simple command to print a list of all log files greater than
20 Mb.
If you can't manage to just type it out as it was given, just do 'ls -lh
/var/log' and you can inspect each file for size. ----
As you'll've seen by now, I found a typo and got it.
and any file that is really large (i.e. /var/log/Xorg.0.log)
command line empty it...
# > /var/log/Xorg.0.log
if startx only works as root, it sounds as if some permission isn't
correct (possibly /etc/X11/xorg.conf is not 644, readable by all
users). Of course if that were the issue, /var/log/Xorg.0.log would
tell you that or if it were some other permissions issue, the problem
would probably be listed in /var/log/messages
I'm very weak on permissions; I can never remember the mnemonic for----
those numbers. but I'll try "cd /etc/X11" and then "ls -l" to see if
that tells me anything either comprehensible or repeatable.
read = 4
write = 2
exec = 1
rwxrwxrwx
^^^^^^^^^
| | |
| | other
| group
owner
thus rwx______ is 700
rw_rw_rw_ is 444
rw_r__r__ is 644
----
I've re-checked, and I think my monitor newer than any computer
is biting me again. xorg.conf seems not to exist; xorg.conf-bak is -rw-r--
r-- 1
On Fedora 9, it often is enough to just do something like # mv
/etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-bak # shutdown now -r
and it is automatically rebuilt upon reboot
I tried that, and got only the dread "out of range" message. I'll
try again with "system-config-display" and "system-config-display --
reconfig" It would be a great help to get X back for my user, if only
to enable c&p between the CLI and Pan.
----
seems odd because reports I have heard about Fedora 9 is that it
automatically builds xorg.conf if not present.
init 3
log in as root
system-config-display --reconfig
init 5
should do the trick though
The problem is that wide monitors had not yet come on the market
when my newest machine was built. I have an hp w2207h, which is
1680x1050; I can run it usable by setting the hardware to lcd that size,
and then the display to 1280x1024; that lets the monitor stretch it
sidewise. But both system-config-display and system-config-display --
reconfig merely stymie things; I get the out of range message and have to
hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, or else the monitor goes black and stays black.
I haven't tried init commands lately; but grub may be set to init
3; I've done that before, in order at least to get a prompt.
I also took a quick look from the CLI at that messages file, and
couldn't spot anything. I'll go do startx as root and try to get a
display that lets me skim enough of them to spot a pattern.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 7, 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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