Talk about a perfect storm....
I initially wanted to update flashplugin (which NEVER goes well the first time, but that's another topic). I installed, then uninstalled, then restarted (after that, I planned to reinstall the flashplugin-installer; this sequence is the most reliable way for my computer to take the flashplugin update). When I restarted, xorg wouldn't start. After a bit of drama, I had to remove the flashplugin-installer from the console for xorg to start. Thought that was good. I started firefox, but it failed to start. Figured I'd try rekonq, but it failed too. So, I uninstalled firefox from the console (apt-get remove firefox). Tried a quick reinstall and it's a good thing I was in console as it said the /var directory was completely full (turns out /dev/sda3 (root) was completely full). Well, the question is, what is the best way to clear out my log files and perhaps make the logging not quite so robust? I wasn't expecting 12G root directory to ever get full....
Thanks in advance,
Jimbo
I initially wanted to update flashplugin (which NEVER goes well the first time, but that's another topic). I installed, then uninstalled, then restarted (after that, I planned to reinstall the flashplugin-installer; this sequence is the most reliable way for my computer to take the flashplugin update). When I restarted, xorg wouldn't start. After a bit of drama, I had to remove the flashplugin-installer from the console for xorg to start. Thought that was good. I started firefox, but it failed to start. Figured I'd try rekonq, but it failed too. So, I uninstalled firefox from the console (apt-get remove firefox). Tried a quick reinstall and it's a good thing I was in console as it said the /var directory was completely full (turns out /dev/sda3 (root) was completely full). Well, the question is, what is the best way to clear out my log files and perhaps make the logging not quite so robust? I wasn't expecting 12G root directory to ever get full....
Thanks in advance,
Jimbo
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