Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:18:28 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Clayton Milos <clay@milos.co.za> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1.3G of my /var missing Message-ID: <471F4624.2040007@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <00a701c8160d$fb78e810$0264a8c0@claylaptop> References: <471EE5BE.5080604@gmx.de><20071024065725.GA89715@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <471EEF21.5010800@gmx.de> <00a701c8160d$fb78e810$0264a8c0@claylaptop>
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Clayton Milos wrote: >> Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:27:10AM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: >>>> ... >>>> >>>> and summing up the results I only get to less than 200M of used >>>> space, so >>>> there are 1.3G unaccounted for. fsck in single user mode does not >>>> recognize a >>>> problem. >>> >>> Try looking at tunefs(8), particularly the -m flag. That amount of >>> space is kept for root (the user). >>> >> >> As in most cases the problem was sitting between the chair and the >> keyboard. I >> simply overlooked the G when I read that /var/log contained 1.3G of data. >> >> I'm sorry for wasting the precious time of those who read or even >> replied with >> my stupidity. > > Sounds like you need to make a few entries in /etc/newsyslog > First thing I do when I add any new apps is give their logs a life cycle. > All too quickly logs become bulky and you find /var holding it's breath. > > -Clay The problem was messages, and it's related with my DVD troubles which spammed the log with DMA errors.
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