Re: 100% used / file system. Help!

[Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>]

On 9/22/2011 6:09 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > Lisi wrote:
> > > Tux:/home/lisi# du -s -h /var/log
> > > 320M    /var/log
> >
> > This needs to be addressed.  I'd say something's wrong if you have
> > 320MB of log files on a workstation.
>
> What?  My desktop has 388M of files in /var/log from just random noise
> from using it as a desktop.  That amount doesn't seem unusual to me
> nor does it stand out.

Interesting.  As I've stated in the past I don't use GUI/desktop Linux, 
only headless servers.  What log files are eating 388MB on your GUI desktop?

Years ago when I did use desktop Linux for a while, there was a network 
manager bug in an RC of SLES10 that ate log space like Cookie Monster in 
the Nabisco factory.  Are normal non-buggy processes eating all that space?

--
Stan