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Subject: attempt to write meta-data!!!
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Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 14:47:23 +0300 (EETDST)
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A current system around May 3 has seen the following console messages:

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Console log for ateneum50.fng.fi
May  6 16:21:22 ateneum50 /kernel: uid 1000 on /home: file system full
May  6 16:21:24 ateneum50 last message repeated 12 times
swap_pager: out of swap space
May  6 17:32:11 ateneum50 /kernel: 
	pid 2475 (netscape.bin), uid 1000, was killed: out of swap space
May  6 17:33:49 ateneum50 /kernel:
	pid 665 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11
May  7 17:04:45 ateneum50 /kernel:
	pid 640 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11
May  8 11:50:24 ateneum50 /kernel:
	pid 11540 (top), uid 1000: exited on signal 11
May  8 14:15:49 ateneum50 /kernel:
	pid 7477 (wish), uid 1000: exited on signal 11
vnode_pager_putpages: attempt to write meta-data!!! -- 0xffffffe9(ff)
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The wish shell is from exmh, which has been working mostly ok before.
How serious is this ?