Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:15:33 -0600 (CST) From: Joe <joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu> To: John Purser <johnmpurser@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mgetty config file problem was - RE: Low on Space Error message on new install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002160804400.499-100000@njal.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <000d01bf77d3$14e01da0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, John Purser wrote: > In case you missed it, I'm brand new to unix and FreeBSD. > > Okay, with the help of Joe and Jim C I've tracked the problem back one more > step. What's going on is that the config file: > usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config > is being read as a config file even though it's just a sample config file > with 364 lines of comments that apparently aren't commented out. That is the config, not a sample. A quick fix is to rename it to something else or delete it and creat a new one. > > During install I did select hylafax from the ports because eventually I want > to use it but for now this machine isn't hooked up to anything and doesn't > even have a modem. Well, if you are not using it right now then uninstall it. Then when you are ready to use it, install it again. There is a faq at http://www.webforum.de/mgetty-faq.html and I noticed that there is a mailing list too. You may get better help from them to set it up properly -Joe > > My questions are: > Why does the process read it's config file as one giant error? Is the > Config file written incorrectly and if so what should I do to fix it and > does someone need to know in order to prevent future CD's from having this > problems? > > This is a fax configuration file that is apparently read at 8:00 p.m. every > night and when ever I reboot. How should I prevent this from being read? > ps aux doesn't show mgetty running so what should I be looking for? > > What other questions should I be asking? > > Thanks for the help, > > John Purser > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Purser > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:01 AM > To: 'Joe' > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Low on Space Error message on new install > > > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 6:23 AM > To: John Purser > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Low on Space Error message on new install > > > Do the following: > > cd /var > du |more > > And scroll through and find out what is eating up your disk space. > > -Joe > > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, John Purser wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix. I installed it Sunday, got out my "Teach > > Yourself..." book on Unix and started working exercises, no problems. > This > > morning I've got a continuous stream of error messages on the first > virtual > > terminal. There seem to be basically two messages with minor variation > that > > repeat over and over. They are: > > > > "sendmail[174]: NOQUE: low on space (have 0, STMP-DAEMON needs 101 in > > /var/spool/mqueue" > > > > and > > > > "/kernel: pid NNNN (mgetty, uid 0 on /var: file system full" > > NNNN can be replaced by 5488, 5493, 5489 and possibly others > > "last message repeated XXX times" > > XXX varies depending on the value of NNNN above. > > > > The relevant output of df: (4 gig SCSI disk) > > /dev/da0s2e 99183 99134 -7885 109% /var > > > > ps didn't show any surprises. > > > > Obviously something ate up all the room in /var but I don't have the tools > > yet to track down what's going on. I don't feel like I've given anyone > > enough to information to help me out but I'm stuck on how to proceed. Any > > help appreciated. > > > > I've installed FreeBSD 3.4 off the January 2000 CD's. I selected the > X-User > > Distribution. I set up one user account and the only installation problem > I > > had was configuring Xfree86. That errored out and I decided to put it off > > until later. Other than that it was a smooth process. > > > > I look forward to hearing from the list, > > > > John Purser > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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