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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:05:40 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe <joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu>
To:        John Purser <johnmpurser@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Low on Space Error message on new install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002150944260.17980-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <000801bf77c5$7ac72f40$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, John Purser wrote:

> 
> Okay, we got something here!
> 
> The directory /var/log/mgetty.cuaa1 kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
> The results of ls -l looked like:
> (permissions)  1     root     wheel     96542720  Feb   14   20:03
> mgetty.cuaa1
> 
> so I'm thinking this is the sucker that ate my disk.  I opened it up and
> it's full of lines that start with:
> "Something foul in config line..."
> 	"(Keyword 'xxx' not found)
> where xxx varies with each line pair
> 
> The first line of this log file says:
> "mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.21-Jul24
> 
> Many of the lines seem to refer to modems.  I haven't configured any modems,
> nor have I configured any network information.
> 
> So now where are we?
> 
> John Purser
> 

Looks like you have mgetty running. Do a "ps aux" and see what processes
you have running. If any are mgetty then use the kill command. See 
"man kill" to learn how to use it. Hope this helps.

-Joe




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