23565M is apparently it's too big for wc -l to process. Attempting requires Ctrl-C to get a shell prompt back. # tail < .xsession-errors QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114896 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114952 out of range QGArray::at: Absolute index 725114952 out of range QGArray::at: Abs # ls -lrt total 24131212 ... -rw------- 1 ruth users 85 Nov 21 2018 .bash_history drwxr-xr-x 3 ruth users 4096 Nov 21 2018 .mcop -rw------- 1 ruth users 8799 Oct 13 13:28 .xsession-errors-:1 -rw-r--r-- 1 ruth users 56 Jan 12 22:06 .DCOPserver_localhost__0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 ruth users 35 Jan 12 22:06 .DCOPserver_localhost_:0 -> /home/ruth/.DCOPserver_localhost__0 -rw------- 1 ruth users 195 Jan 12 22:06 .ICEauthority drwxr-xr-x 2 ruth users 4096 Jan 12 22:06 .qt drwxr-xr-x 2 ruth users 4096 Jan 12 22:06 .hplip drwxr-xr-x 8 ruth users 4096 Jan 12 22:14 .mozilla -rw------- 1 ruth users 0 Jan 12 22:34 .Xauthority -rw------- 1 ruth users 24710152192 Jan 13 00:24 .xsession-errors Any ideas how to troubleshoot this if it happens again, or why it happened? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org