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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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