On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 14:32 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > > Is there some way to find out what makes that message file so big > -- i.e., why the machine was losing its mind? I can't hope to read 54 > gigs in my lifetime ... ---- less /var/log/messages press '>' to get to end of messages use 'w' or 'Page Up' to page up press 'Control-C' to stop line number calculations (pointless in 54G file) read from the bottom, it should be obvious what the problem is Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines