Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:19:41 -0600 From: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: re: a full /var system...thank you all Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990327161941.009052b0@mail.utexas.edu>
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Just wanted to thank those who helped me with my full /var error. If anyone gets this error, try this...I hope it helps. This fixed MORE THAN ONE problem. 1) type "ps -ax" and prompt 2) kill any process that is still acting up (in my case, I had to "kill 146"...sendmail 3) type "df -k /var" and look at percentage of use (mine was 109%!!!) 4) find the file that is giving you problems (mine was mgetty.cuaa1, I can't remember exactly where it was in the /var directory at the moment) 5) make sure it is safe to delete the file (I did "vi mgetty.cuaa1", and noticed it was a bunch of calls to my serial port from modem, and vice versa) 6) delete the file (the file in my case was 28MB!!!) MENTAL NOTE: FreeBSD took next to NO TIME deleting this file...I'm impressed :-) 7) type "df -k /var" again, and notice the change (mine went down to 24%) 8) optional...reboot and see what else might be fixed In my case: -sendmail no longer gave me errors -no more "/var system full" errors -with netscape, I was previously getting an error "failed to load libX.so.6.o", or something to that effect, but I could FINALLY run "netscape &" again! -no more errors in VI when I did a :wq! (couldn't write to /var) Again, I hope this helps someone...anyone..out :-) Kevin Weiss kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu I use the FreeBSD OS...because reboots are for hardware upgrades :-) http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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