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Subject: Re: HELP: some process eat my /var
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Gary Aitken writes:

>  Looks like /var/log has most of it.
>  If you're running X, check for a huge Xorg.0.log.
>  I had this problem as a result of a radeon graphics card that would get into
>  some kind of reinitialization loop.
>  In any case, look at the files in /var/log

	A way to check disk usage:

	du /var | sort -nr | head -n 25

	If you see something you don't recognize or that seems wrong
....


					Robert Huff