Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:15:26 +0200 From: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: FreeBSD 8.2, sec.update -p3, switching between X and console prompt, /var full Message-ID: <CAEFCw4tTX-yAC2TL75JevXw--s-cna1TL3_RZPXAgJrvqUZRyQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEFCw4vXDzW7VMBQ_uRBHyOd2fYT0QG66mNAMRxAf65QFECx7g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEFCw4tiopWb2zSO390r8wTxK_=kTjd=d%2ByiBaQ97q1S163sRA@mail.gmail.com> <4E89AED9.3000705@my.gd> <CAEFCw4vXDzW7VMBQ_uRBHyOd2fYT0QG66mNAMRxAf65QFECx7g@mail.gmail.com>
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I tried Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in the graphical login wndow, but as with other key Ctrl-Alt key combinations this does not do anything ... I there a commadn line way to restart X I also tried fsck-ing the /var/ file system, but it chooses NO WRITE nothing is repaired See the last UNREF FILE, it has the size of the huge /var/log/Xorg.0.log I already deleted from command line (and not anymore in an ls -la), but keeps fulling /var It seems even to be still growing ... # fsck /dev/da0s1d ** /dev/da0s1d (NO WRITE) ** Last Mounted on /var ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts UNREF FILE I=164914 OWNER=root MODE=100644 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=518425 OWNER=mysql MODE=100600 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=518426 OWNER=mysql MODE=100600 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=518427 OWNER=mysql MODE=100600 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=518428 OWNER=mysql MODE=100600 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=518429 OWNER=mysql MODE=100600 SIZE=0 MTIME=Oct 3 12:18 2011 CLEAR? no UNREF FILE I=2355264 OWNER=root MODE=100644 SIZE=17073127377 MTIME=Oct 3 15:12 2011 CLEAR? no ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups 120012 files, 10127943 used, 26256 free (26256 frags, 0 blocks, 0.3% fragmentation) 2011/10/3 Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> > > > On 10/3/11 1:54 PM, n dhert wrote: > > Hi, > > I have FreeBSD amd64, 8.2-RELEASE, > > I just applied the securtiy update p3 and now have > > $ uname -r > > 8.2-RELEASE-p3 > > > > I have X running and KDE, > > My machine is a virtual machine (Vmware) > > After boot-up I got a graphical login window (as always), I wanted to > > switch to a console prompt, so hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 > > but there is now NO reaction at all (neither with Ctrl-Alt-F2, > > ...Ctrl-Alt-F8) > > tried many times > > > > In the past this was never a problem (in the pas also as a Virtual > machine) > >>From a different PC, I also connected to my FreeBSD machine > > Got a graphical window, here I could, after two tries, get the console > > prompt, > > went back to graphical mode via Ctrl-Alt-F9, OK, > > but now neither keyboard, nor mouse reacts to input ... > > Went back to my first PC, now here the same situatuon: > > graphical window, keyboard and mouse: no more reaction > > > > Now I see, my /var is for 108% full > > There was a huge file Xorg.0.log 16959946731 bytes > > I deleted it, but still it remains 108% full and I can't create new file > > > > How to solve this ??? > > help! > > > That's because xorg still uses the log file. > > Type as root: sync > > If that doesn't fix you up, restart Xorg, you'll get your correct size. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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