Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: masta <masta@wifibsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mystery kernel spew Message-ID: <20030914102130.K93499@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <31929.12.238.113.137.1063485645.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org> References: <31929.12.238.113.137.1063485645.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org>
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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
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