In "/var/log", "kern.log" "messages" "syslog" swamp disk partition

[Steve Flynn]

On 26/09/06, Masatran (Deepak), R. <masatran at research.iiit.ac.in> wrote:
> * Masatran (Deepak), R. <masatran at research.iiit.ac.in> 2006-09-25
> > Periodically (every few hours or so), the files "kern.log" "messages"
> > "syslog" in /var/log grow large (half a gigabyte each) till the disk
> > partition is full.
>
> The contents of "kern.log" "messages" "syslog" are attached. These lines repeat
> till the disk partition is full.
>
> I am currently using:
>
>     sudo rm /var/log/{kern.log,messages,syslog}
>
> "/var/log/kern.log":
>
>     Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] cur_rx:2179757, dirty_rx:2179757
>     Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring

Do you get a memory squeeze message before these errors?

How much physical ram does this machine have? How much Swap space is defined?


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Steve
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