On Thu, October 25, 2007 9:17 am, Roger Searle wrote:
> Problem seems solved. The machine wouldn't boot with "acpi=off" removed
> from the grub entry - why that is will have to wait until (forever
> probably).
>
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log was growing by several kb per minute. Editing
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf (vi of course - 100% via command line) and adding the
> following to the ServerFlags section (not the "server" section as
> mentioned in the link below):
>
> Option "NoPM" "true"
>
> and /var/log/Xorg.0.log has been the same size for over 10 minutes now!
> Thanks to everyone who replied, and I'll be looking in to logrotate in
> the nearish future.
> Roger
>
I'm not sure logrotate will help in this situation, you usually set it up
to rotate weekly or daily. I think your Xorg.0.conf log would have filled
up again by then.
I love the entry for NoPM in man xorg.conf:
"Option "NoPM" "boolean"
Disables something to do with power management events.
Default: PM enabled on platforms that support it."
"something to do with power management events" is so technically precise!
>
> Roger Searle wrote:
>> Yes I saw that post too. When the machine was first set up there were
>> some booting difficulties that were resolved by turning off acpi:
>>
>> title openSUSE 10.2 - 2.6.18.8-0.5
>> kernel (hd0,2)/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-0.5-default root=/dev/md0 vga=0x317
>> acpi=off resume=/dev/md1 splash=silent showopts
>>
>> Given that the error mentions ACPI I am guessing that a resolution may
>> come from removing acpi=off. People are using files on the machine
>> now so I'll try rebooting with a modified grub entry in the morning
>> and see if it stops the log file from growing like it has over recent
>> weeks.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>> Nick Rout wrote:
>>> Although google doesn't tell me why, this is the first page google
>>> turns
>>> up and appears to have a solution:
>>>
>>> http://www.techtalkz.com/suse-linux/62655-x-server-problem-10-2-a.html
>>>
>>> On Wed, October 24, 2007 1:45 pm, Roger Searle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the replies. Turns out that /var/log/Xorg.0.log is the
>>>> errant file, 8 gig full mostly of the following line:
>>>>
>>>> (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or
>>>> directory)
>>>>
>>>> Google isn't immediately telling me why this is happening - at least I
>>>> know I can rm the file, keep an eye on it, and move on to "why" when I
>>>> have a little time.
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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Nick Rout
