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.