On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > i have set my /var/log to be on tmpfs (i have ssd and want to avoid logs > being written on it). the problem is, that for example syslogd complains > that /var/log/news/* files are missing. indeed, there is no news > subdirectory in /var/log. the same applies, e.g., to apt (/var/log/apt/...) > - so what would be the correct procedure in this case? > > i don't care that much about the logs themselves, this is just a notebook... > > thanks for info! > > best, > > -- > Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > http://www.lubos.vrbka.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi
If you do not care at all about the logs there may even be a way to write them to /dev/null. This would free up the memory. WARNING: I do not know if it is possible, and thus haven't done it myself. It's just an idea. However if it is possible i might want to do this on my EeePC, for it has only limited hdd space. I am willing to try this on my EeePC this weekend, for it would help me if it would work. Could someone smarter and wiser than me (90% of this list fills at least 1 catorgory) please shine his or her light on wether this would theoretically work? Thanks Neil Sorry if this could be considered a thread hyjack. Just disregard it in that case, I'll get the message. -- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who cannot count ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
