rahul b jain cs student wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am new to linux, I am trying to log into a Linux server which is at the
>moment a stand alone machine. I am trying to log into the windows type
>enviornment. I am not able to log into the windows type environment as any
>user including the root user. However after a few logins, it gets me the
>prompt and there I am able to log in.
>However I have these strange mesages in the inbox of the root user. The
>first type of message is
>
>Subject: Cron <mailman@penguin> /usr/bin/python -S
>/var/mailman/cron/gate_news
>Body:
>Logging errors:<StampedLogger to '/var/mailman/logs/error'>
>Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", Line 74, in write
> f.write(msg)
>IOError:{Errno 28} No space left on device
>Original log message:
> [Errno 28] No space left on device
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", Line 222, in ?
> main()
> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", Line 198, in main
> lock.lock(timeout=0.5)
> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", Line 219, in lock
> self.__write()
> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", Line 352, in _write
> fp.close()
> IOerror:[Errno 28] No space left on device
>
>This meesage is follwed by 3-4 (or more) messages of the following type
>
>Subject: Cron <mailman@penguin> /usr/bin/python -S
>/var/mailman/cron/qrunner
>Body:
>Logging error:<StampedLogger to '/var/mailman/logs/error'>
>Traceback (innermost last):
> File '/var/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", Line 74, in write
> f.write(msg)
>IOError:[Errno 28] No space left on device
>Original log mesage:
>[Errno 28] No space left on device.
>
>These kinds of message keep coming after ever 5 mins and in about 30 mins
>I get close to 100 such messages. I still have around 40 GB of free hard
>disk space.
>When I delete these messages and reboot the machine, I am able to log in
>to the windows type environment. However I face the same problem if i try
>to log in again.
>Please advice. Any help is greatly appreciated,
>
>Thanks,
>Rahul.
>
>
>
>
>
Seems that you might have 40GB of free space but perhaps in other
partition. Try "df -h" from the command line and take note of any of
the partitions nearly full. I guess that you should look for old log
files in /var/log and delete them.
HTH
Francisco
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