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Hello Michael,
Check the size of your log files in /var/log. I wouldn't be surprised
if they are huge.
Delete the old files (the ones with numbers following them, such as
messages.1). If the /var/log/messages file is huge, you can delete it,
it will be recreated. Also, if you are using apache, check
/var/log/httpd for log files.
JBB
Wednesday, September 12, 2001, 8:03:45 PM, you wrote:
MK> Larry,
MK> You are absolutely right. df -h revealed that /var is filled to
MK> capacity...absolutely no free space left. Being the amateur that I am,
MK> would it be possible for you to give me a clue as to how I can move files
MK> out of the /var directory to another directory? Or, better yet, is there a
MK> way to allocate some of the free space that I have in another directory into
MK> the /var directory? I really appreciate your help.
MK> Mike
MK> -----Original Message-----
MK> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
MK> Behalf Of Larry Grover
MK> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:56 AM
MK> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MK> Subject: RE: Running a windows program on a linux box
MK> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:38:53 Michael Klama wrote:
>> Hello Larry,
>> It is a grim day here, not only because of what has happened around
>> our
>> country but also because of a win4lin installation problem. I am
>> hoping
>> that you can help me with this problem. After the first step of the
>> installation, I am required to reboot. When I reboot, my machine
>> comes to
>> the graphical login at which point I enter my username and password
>> and hit
>> enter and I receive the following error: Startup program
>> /etc/X11/xdm/Give
>> Console exited with non zero status. Click ok to retry. At this
>> point it
>> takes me back to the graphical login and it starts all over. If you
>> or
>> anyone else can help me to restore my system and let me finish this
>> installation, I would greatly appreciate it.
>> Thank you
>> Mike
MK> I've never had, nor heard of, this problem myself, so I'm guessing
MK> here -- maybe the partition which holds /var on your system out of
MK> free space?
MK> Here's why I'm guessing this:
MK> -/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole is a very short script which does 2 things:
MK> changes ownership of /dev/console and runs sessreg
MK> (/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg) which adds an entry to u/wtmp (in /var/log).
MK> I'd expect this to fail if there is no free space in /var.
MK> -the Win4Lin installer puts its files into /var/win4lin/, including
MK> the win4lin rpms (which go into /var/win4lin/installer_tmp/). On the
MK> machine I'm at right now, /var/win4lin has 138M of files. While
MK> you've probably got less in your /var/win4lin directory (mine has the
MK> downloads from several upgrades in it) -- it was probably enough to
MK> fill up the remaining free space on that partition, precipitating the
MK> problem you have now.
MK> How to fix this? You need to get into this system -- use you favorite
MK> rescue medium (your rescue disk, redhat CD, tomsrtbt, linuxcare BBC,
MK> etc -- or maybe you can ssh/telnet it from another system?) to get
MK> into the system and find out how much free space you have on the
MK> partition which holds /var ("df -h"). If I guessed right, you won't
MK> have any free space left on this partition, so you'll need to make
MK> some. Move some of the files in /var to another partition or delete
MK> some -- but be sure not to move/delete anything important.
MK> If I guessed wrong then you'll need to get help from someone else.
MK> Maybe somebody else on this list will have some better advice, or you
MK> could try 2 other places:
MK> -The netraverse techsupport web page
MK> (http://www.netraverse.com/frame_index.php?screen=supporthome -- click
MK> on the "ask a question" link to get an online tech support form to
MK> fill out -- when I've had a question in the past, someone from
MK> netraverse has answered quickly and accurately).
MK> -The win4lin-users mailing list (sign up at
MK> http://www.netraverse.com/support/maillists.php). This list has some
MK> really knowledgable and helpful people on it (including several of the
MK> netraverse people). It's a good resouce, and you may want to
MK> subscribe to it anyway, if you decide to keep on using Win4Lin.
MK> I hope this helps you out.
MK> --
MK> Larry Grover, PhD
MK> Assoc Prof of Physiology
MK> Marshall Univ Sch of Med
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