--- Andi Kleen
I would take a quick look with less -n before you delete (note the -n which will make it much faster to open) and if you notice some repeated pattern in there you can report it back to the list.
-Andi
Hi Andi-- After a reboot last night the file deleted itself. It's now up to only about 40K. There were indeed repeating patterns in it: ---------------------------------------------------------------- X Window System Version 6.8.1 Release Date: 17 September 2004 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Current Operating System: Linux SuSE 2.6.8-24-default #1 Wed Oct 6 09:16:23 UTC 2004 x86_64 Build Date: 09 November 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 24 03:45:09 2005 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (II) Initializing extension GLX Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list! xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax kbuildsycoca running... SetClientVersion: 0 8 ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe Audio File Library: could not open file '/opt/kde3/share/sounds/EW_Startup_1.wav' [error 3] kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x82c080 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "del" kdesktop: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'devices'. kdesktop: kmix: ERROR: snd_ctl_open err=No such device kmix: ERROR: snd_ctl_open err=No such device /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib64/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 20 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x1400043 (Gecko:5931): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed The above pattern was repeated dozens and dozens of times. Then this appears: connect: Connection timed out SetClientVersion: 0 8 SetGrabKeysState - disabled connect: Connection refused connect: Connection timed out SetGrabKeysState - enabled kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf QGArray::find: Index 0 out of range Then back to more repitition of the first pattern: (Gecko:5931): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed Any ideas? Thanks! :)