From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 10:25:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F7A16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60DF143F75 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 52BAA72DA8; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D1272DA3; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: masta In-Reply-To: <31929.12.238.113.137.1063485645.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org> Message-ID: <20030914102130.K93499@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <31929.12.238.113.137.1063485645.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mystery kernel spew X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:25:09 -0000 On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, masta wrote: > For some time now I've have an issue with a dell laptop I use. It spews a > bunch of kernel junk after init is spawned, and the spew causes my dmesg > to become too full to actually produce a file I can send to the list that > is meaningfull. I remember this :) This is probably because you have a syntax error in sysctl.conf. The stuff thats printed is the sysctl tree. Its a debugging "feature", although I've forgotten what exactly triggers it. sysctl.conf should be name=value pairs like this: kern.maxfiles=16384 -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org