On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:25:38 +0200 (IST) Itay <deb...@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Reco wrote: > > Not yet, but we have some progress... > > Trial 1: > > # /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf > error: error creating output file /var/log/syslog.1.gz: File exists > > Trial 2: > # rm /var/log/syslog.1.gz > # /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf > gzip: stdin: Input/output error > error: failed to compress log /var/log/syslog.1 > > Should I backup syslog, delete it, and watch how things evolve? > Now that's interesting. Is there anything similar to this messages in /var/log/cron.log? Does, say, 'md5sum /var/log/syslog' runs to the completion? What about 'cat /var/log/syslog > /dev/null'? Can you run fsck on the filesystem containing /var/log/syslog? What does smartctl --all shows on the partition with this filesystem? Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131103173017.4122b438341e11584195e...@gmail.com