On Tuesday 20 October 2009 21:45:35 David Baron wrote: > >Last couple of days! Filled up /var causing numerous problems. > > > >These files are over 1 gig. I deleted the day-old ones to free up space. > > > >The older ones are tiny. > > > >What's happening? Fix? > > These are mostly messages from gpm > Oct 20 14:23:47 d_baron /usr/sbin/gpm[4547]: *** err > [daemon/getmousedata.c(47)]: > Oct 20 14:23:47 d_baron /usr/sbin/gpm[4547]: Error in read()ing first: No > such device > > This is a microsoft wireless usb mouse. Sometimes, the receiver needs be > reset but this is occasional. Gpm was not upgraded recently? > > How might one surpress these log entries? They are of little value. > BTW, One program I know will consistently produce these errors: The otherwise quite lovely krossword puzzle program for kde4. Could find no clues scanning the code but it smells of some recursion problem handling mouse messages.
Possible workaround: A cron to check the size of these files, mv or rm them if they get beyond a certain size. This would at least protect the system operation. How do I do it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
