Sunny wrote:
On Jan 28, 2008 10:15 AM, Bob <linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk> wrote:
My system has started running very slow, and the root directory is reported as having no free space. I've found a file /proc/kcore which is the probable culprit, being about 1000MB, with today's date, but even root is not allowed to move or delete this file.
My system looks like this:
Device Size Mount point Free sda2 965.1MB / 0B sda3 60.8MB /boot 46.8MB sda5 9.8GB /usr 4.9GB sda6 2.0GB /var 1.2GB sda7 2.0GB /opt 906.3MB sda8 1011.4MB /tmp 926.4MB sda9 257.3GB /home 154.1GB
/proc is virtual file system, which resides in memory, not on disk. Even some files are not actually in memory, but when you read them, you actually receive information from the kernel. In your case, read here for /proc/kcore: <http://www.unixguide.net/linux/faq/04.16.shtml>
Run the command "df" to see the how your partitions are filled in. Run "top" to see which process consumes more resources.
Note, that if you run firefox for several days w/o stopping it, it may eat a lot of resources.
Cheers
I prefer the term pseudo filesystem, since /proc does not reside in memory. As with any file system, procfs implements the functions defined by vfs, the virtual filesystem. The functions implemented actually read from, and in some cases write to, kernel data structures. The pathnames under /proc define which functions to call. There are a large number of such file systems: rootfs, sysfs, relayfs, tmpfs, and the list goes on. It works, because every filesystem is an implementation of vfs. Bill Anderson WW7BA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org