On 5 July 2015 at 16:58, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> On 07/05/2015 12:19 PM, Beco wrote: > > 16G of syslog ... over and over, this messages: > >> 1 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859352] ieee80211 phy0: >> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin' >> 2 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859358] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0: >> firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2) >> 3 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859359] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0: >> Direct firmware load failed with error -2 >> 4 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859361] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0: >> Falling back to user helper >> > > It looks like the kernel is trapped in an infinite loop trying to load > firmware for a network interface, and filling up your logs with error > messages. > > > Possible solutions: > > 1. Disable or remove the hardware in question. > > 2. Install rt2860.bin. STFW "ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: > Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'", I see: > > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7563606.html > > > David > > > Hi guys, An emergency is an emergency. I opened an terminal and run: # while true; do echo clean syslog; cat /dev/null > syslog ; sleep 10; done Now I can think. :) Please, advise. David, I'm looking into your solution now. I'll report back. Thank you. Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant" -- Alan Greenspan GPG Key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x5A107A425102382A Creation date: pgp.mit.edu ID as of 2014-11-09
