On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:30:28 -0500, Michelle Murrain said:
> Hi folks,
>
> 2 strange (to me) messages appear in my /var/log/messages file. Any ideas on
> these?
>
> First, simply:
>
> Nov 28 10:41:52 blackbear -- MARK --
> Nov 28 11:01:52 blackbear -- MARK --
> Nov 28 11:21:52 blackbear -- MARK --
> Nov 28 11:41:52 blackbear -- MARK --
> Nov 28 12:01:52 blackbear -- MARK --
> Nov 28 12:21:52 blackbear -- MARK --
These are normal entries which I believe are used internally by syslogd.
>
>
> Every 20 minutes. No, I don't have any cron or at jobs going at this
> interval.
>
> Second is more disturbing...
>
> Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x1b) failed
> Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: 02:00: rw=0, want=14, limit=4
>
> This happened a lot at one point. I can't tell what device it's talking
> about.
This one would concern me also, but I don't know what it means.
--
Andrew
