I discovered that on my system these weren't rotated (!) by default. Should the kernel package be doing this? Logrotate? Syslog?.... -- Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org> US citizens: if you're considering voting for Bush, look at these first: http://www.misleader.org/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/ http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/