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What Is /proc/kcore? None of the files in /proc are really there--they're all, "pretend," files made up by the kernel, to give you information about the system and don't take up any hard disk space. /proc/kcore is like an "alias" for the memory in your computer. Its size is the same as the amount of RAM you have, and if you read it as a file, the kernel does memory reads. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Seawolf-list digest, Vol 1 #1659 - 4 msgs Send Seawolf-list mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Seawolf-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. respawning? (Wendall Williams) 2. KCORE in /proc (Gilbert Rehling) 3. Re:KCORE in /proc (Aaron Konstam) 4. Re:KCORE in /proc (kaktus) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:38:14 -0800 From: Wendall Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: respawning? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All- Just started using RH7.1 on a P4 2.4GHZ, seagate 60gig. Brand new everything. After the installation procedure and reboot, I get the RH splash screen (control x for text, which I don't select) it goes through a long list with green "ok"'s, then to a black screen with version numbers and localhost login: At list point the screen starts to flash. Eventually it stops and says: INIT: Id "X" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes localhost login: Any ideas? Thanks, Wendall --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Gilbert Rehling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Seawolf At Redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: KCORE in /proc Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:11:07 +1100 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello to all. I have two servers both with the same problem. Both seem to have run out of space on the / directory 1 system has 256 mb of space for the / and the 2nd has 497 mb for the / On inspection I found that on both systems the /proc/kcore to be rather large. On the 1st its 402657280 and 939528192 on the 2nd. I did manage to free up some space on the second system by uninstalling a heap of programs, but after rebooting the free space disappeared again. I noticed that the kcore file is actually a linked file, but from where? /dev?? Also any program that requires free space there won't run. I can access via webmin, and terminal, but Xwindows will no longer start. Can anyone please help me with this and or point me to some data about the kcore. My guess is that this is the kernel core file. My 7.3 machine only shows 131 mb used on the / but its /proc/kcore file is 251645952 So, any explanation on this phenomena would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help and I hope this proves to be a usefull question. Gilbert R [EMAIL PROTECTED] --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:21:02 -0600 From: Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: KCORE in /proc Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:11:07AM +1100, Gilbert Rehling wrote: > Hello to all. > I have two servers both with the same problem. > Both seem to have run out of space on the / directory > 1 system has 256 mb of space for the / and the 2nd has 497 mb for the / > > On inspection I found that on both systems the /proc/kcore to be rather > large. > On the 1st its 402657280 and 939528192 on the 2nd. > I did manage to free up some space on the second system by uninstalling a > heap of programs, but after rebooting the free space disappeared again. > > I noticed that the kcore file is actually a linked file, but from where? > /dev?? > > Also any program that requires free space there won't run. I can access via > webmin, and terminal, but Xwindows will no longer start. > > Can anyone please help me with this and or point me to some data about the > kcore. > My guess is that this is the kernel core file. > > My 7.3 machine only shows 131 mb used on the / but its /proc/kcore file is > 251645952 > > So, any explanation on this phenomena would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance for any help and I hope this proves to be a usefull > question. > > Gilbert R > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think kcore is the problem. The files in /proc are not really files. They are content that the kernal provides on request. For example on my machine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ ls -l kcore -r-------- 1 root root 145113088 Feb 24 09:20 kcore [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ du -s kcore 0 kcore So you see kcore really does not take up space. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:03:54 +0100 From: kaktus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: kaktusland.com To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: KCORE in /proc Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> maybe you have your /var directory on your / part, and big logfiles<br> goto your /var/log directory, and do a <b>du -k</b> <br> you will see size of you log files / bub directories ( in kbytes)<br> <br> Aaron Konstam wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:11:07AM +1100, Gilbert Rehling wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hello to all. I have two servers both with the same problem. Both seem to have run out of space on the / directory 1 system has 256 mb of space for the / and the 2nd has 497 mb for the / On inspection I found that on both systems the /proc/kcore to be rather large. On the 1st its 402657280 and 939528192 on the 2nd. I did manage to free up some space on the second system by uninstalling a heap of programs, but after rebooting the free space disappeared again. I noticed that the kcore file is actually a linked file, but from where? /dev?? Also any program that requires free space there won't run. I can access via webmin, and terminal, but Xwindows will no longer start. Can anyone please help me with this and or point me to some data about the kcore. My guess is that this is the kernel core file. My 7.3 machine only shows 131 mb used on the / but its /proc/kcore file is 251645952 So, any explanation on this phenomena would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help and I hope this proves to be a usefull question. Gilbert R <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!---->I don't think kcore is the problem. The files in /proc are not really files. They are content that the kernal provides on request. For example on my machine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ ls -l kcore -r-------- 1 root root 145113088 Feb 24 09:20 kcore [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ du -s kcore 0 kcore So you see kcore really does not take up space. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list End of Seawolf-list Digest _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
