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Author:  bode77 [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Xsession-error log at 522M and growing!
I have finally got my box up and running reliably! Who knew a bios update could fix constant hangs and crashes. :? The WAF is going through the roof! Well...almost.

I seem to have an issue with my .xsession-error log. It keeps growing and growing. After about 20 days, it will be about 1.2G and freeze the whole system. I then get the boot error of MYSQL being full etc..

From a little research, it sounds as if .xsession-error logs generally don't grow very big and when they do it usually means something is up. Again, my system has never worked as good as it is now day to day. But looking at the log it seems to be posting 20 times every .001 second!! Take a look:

Code:
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1
2007-03-30 15:00:05.046 LiveTV forcing JumpTo 1


Any ideas? There are thousands of pages of this error! Search of the forums here only offered this in one post which isn't an issue there. So I have 2 questiones: What is this? Can I fix it? If not, what is the best way to rotate this log? Ok, so that was 3. Thanks for taking a look.
Author:  bode77 [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:29 pm ]
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Alright! I finally got to the end of the log. Looks like that error stopped at some point. Here's what the log looks like now:

Code:
2007-04-07 14:49:17.713 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 14:50:42.631 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 15:02:01.938 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 15:02:02.781 RingBuf(/myth/tv/1007_20070407144446.mpg): Waited 1.0 seconds for data to become available...
2007-04-07 15:02:02.781 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to..
2007-04-07 15:02:03.315 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2007-04-07 15:02:03.792 RingBuf(/myth/tv/1007_20070407144446.mpg): Waited 2.0 seconds for data to become available...
2007-04-07 15:02:03.792 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to..
2007-04-07 16:00:04.411 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.494 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.502 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.515 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.520 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.529 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.550 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.557 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:00:04.577 NVP: prebuffering pause
[mpegvideo_xvmc @ 0xb72524a8]ac-tex damaged at 25 25
[mpegvideo_xvmc @ 0xb72524a8]Warning MVs not available
2007-04-07 16:02:05.569 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:30:03.905 NVP: prebuffering pause
[mpegvideo_xvmc @ 0xb72524a8]00 motion_type at 18 24
[mpegvideo_xvmc @ 0xb72524a8]Warning MVs not available
2007-04-07 16:30:04.061 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:30:04.069 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:30:04.080 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:30:04.092 NVP: prebuffering pause
2007-04-07 16:30:04.112 NVP: prebuffering pause


I'm still trying to figure out the earlier error. And is rm the best way to rotate the file? Thanks.
Author:  alien [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:42 am ]
Post subject: 
You can check out "man logrotate" for how to set this up to rotate, but it takes a bit of work and really isn't worth it for this file (IMHO).

I just do the following as user mythtv:
Code:
cd
rm .xsession-error
ln -s /dev/null .xsession-error


Edited to fix typo
Author:  funkydan2 [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:39 am ]
Post subject: 
I assume you meant /dev/null?

Interesting solution - I might just give it a shot!
Author:  alien [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:29 am ]
Post subject: 
funkydan2 wrote:
I assume you meant /dev/null?
Oops :oops:
Author:  bode77 [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:24 pm ]
Post subject: 
Sounds like it will keep the log from overtaking the partition. I had to research it a bit. I do have a question though.

Will I be able to view this log if I ever need to after setting up the link? I'm sorry if this is a basic question, but linux is only a hobby for me and I still have a lot to learn.

thanks.
Author:  declanh [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:30 pm ]
Post subject: 
bode77 wrote:
Sounds like it will keep the log from overtaking the partition. I had to research it a bit. I do have a question though.

Will I be able to view this log if I ever need to after setting up the link? I'm sorry if this is a basic question, but linux is only a hobby for me and I still have a lot to learn.

thanks.


In a word, no.
/dev/null redirects the output to a black hole from which you can never retrieve it.

D
Author:  bode77 [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:27 pm ]
Post subject: 
Yep! That's what I thought.

This is where it would be good to know what that 522M is all about before sending it off into infinity.
:wink:
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