On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:58:15 -0400, Chris Snook wrote:
Beartooth wrote:
[...]
> Then I thought to run baobab. Lo and behold, I was running out
of
> space -- because /var/log shows up consuming 54 GB of space! Yes,
> fifty- four gigs.
>
> What could be causing this, and what do i do about it??
Um, just a shot in the dark, but it's probably spewing some message over
and over. Maybe you should take a look at that.
Sounds only too computer-likely; but how do I look? Maybe if I
startx for root, and get into that messages file with nautilus and
gedit ...
> At present, the machine offers only a CLI login; if I use is as
> root, startx still works; but if I log in as user, startx fails. So I
> can't run Pan, and can't c&p directly between anything in it (including
> this list!) and the CLI.
[...]
Read the error message that's repeated millions of times, and
investigate that.
Will do; or at least post it if I do find it. Stay tuned.
--
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.