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i get this:
school@doug-Inspiron-1420:~$ logrotate
logrotate 3.7.8 - Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Red Hat, Inc.
This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public License

Usage: logrotate [-dfv?] [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-m|--mail=command]
[-s|--state=statefile] [-v|--verbose] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[OPTION...] <configfile>

Amith KK

logrotate -f

user2045360

@AmithKK same thing

Seth

also see:

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Q: How can I free space from a massive 39.5GB /var/log/ folder?

I just got a message from the default disk analyses software (Baobab) that I only have 1GB left on the hard drive. After some search, I found that the /var/log/ folder is the cause of this. Some file/sizes in /var/log/: kern.log = 12.6 GB ufw.log = 12.5 GB kern.log.1 = 6.1 GB ufw.l...

Amith KK

3:59 AM

@user2045360 sudo rm /var/log/*.gz

Call me V

the logrotate man page has a default config template

Seth

Oh is that you @HackToHell? I was like "Who is the cat??"

user2045360

@AmithKK doesnt seem to have done anything, my hard drive free space stayed the same

Amith KK

@user2045360 So, logrotate is not working as a cronjob

HackToHell

@Seth yes, i am grumpy

Amith KK

4:02 AM

Which version of ubuntu are you running?

user2045360

@AmithKK ubuntu 12.10

Amith KK

@user2045360 do you have anacron installed?

user2045360

@AmithKK possibly, i dunno

Seth

@HackToHell Oh.. I'm sorry to hear that :/

user2045360

@AmithKK how do i check?

Amith KK

4:04 AM

@user2045360 sudo apt-get install anacron|grep newest

user2045360

school@doug-Inspiron-1420:~$ sudo apt-get install anacron|grep newest
anacron is already the newest version.

Amith KK

hmm

user2045360

@AmithKK by the way here is my orginal problem chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/8188/…

Amith KK

@user2045360 Use disk usage analyzer to find which log files are big and delete them

do not delete folders

user2045360

@AmithKK tried that, they came back

Amith KK

4:07 AM

@user2045360 They are supposed to

But no logfile should exceed 2GB that easily

user2045360

@AmithKK they got back up to 9.5 GB in less than a day

@AmithKK i've never had any other problem with my pc, ever, so im kinda panicking now

Amith KK

@user2045360 There should be some problem that is repeatedly filling the log files

user2045360

@AmithKK and /var/tvmobili is taking up way too much space

Amith KK

@user2045360 I think tvmobili is faulty

user2045360

its never been faulty before, but ok, i dont use it anymore, how do i uninstall?

this might be useful
school@doug-Inspiron-1420:~$ sudo du -sh /var/* ~/.xsession-errors
13M /var/backups
204M /var/cache
112M /var/crash
4.0K /var/games
504M /var/lib
4.0K /var/local
0 /var/lock
11G /var/log
85M /var/mail
4.0K /var/metrics
24K /var/opt
0 /var/run
1.7M /var/spool
391M /var/tmp
11G /var/tvmobili
20K /var/www
516K /home/school/.xsession-errors

Amith KK

4:11 AM

@user2045360 forum.tvmobili.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=912

user2045360

as might this
total 11G
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3.6G Apr 4 00:10 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 3.6G Apr 4 00:10 ufw.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1.9G Apr 3 03:50 syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1.7G Apr 4 00:10 syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.6M Mar 28 15:39 pm-suspend.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1.5M Mar 31 00:44 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1.3M Apr 4 00:10 auth.log

Amith KK

Oh my

@Seth Help --^ :P

HackToHell

@Seth but..being grumpy cat is nice :D

Seth

@AmithKK :S

@HackToHell Is it.. Okay :D

user2045360

@AmithKK i deleted thos files before, the kern.log was 7 GB then, the other around 5 GB

Amith KK

4:13 AM

@user2045360 sudo /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

Seth

cd .. then cd var/log/ then ls

user2045360

@AmithKK oh oh! i think thats working

Seth

In other words, what's in /var/log?

user2045360

school@doug-Inspiron-1420:/var/log$ ls
alternatives.log dpkg.log.1 mpd syslog.1.gz
alternatives.log.1 efax mysql teamviewer
apache2 exim4 mysql.err tomcat6
apport.log faillog mysql.log tor
apport.log.1 fontconfig.log mysql.log.1.gz tvmobili
apport.log.2.gz fsck mythtv udev
apt gdm news ufw.log

@Seth after sudo /etc/cron.daily/logrotate the /var/log folder went down to 8.6 GB

Seth

@user2045360 Well that's a start.

Amith KK

4:17 AM

Sill damn huge

Seth

When was the last time you rebooted?

user2045360

@AmithKK um today a few hours ago

Amith KK

My /var/log is just 17.3MB

user2045360

@AmithKK lucky

Seth

My whole /var is just 1GB....

I don't know why this happens..

Your /var/tvmobili seems to have a lot too.

Amith KK

4:19 AM

@Seth My /var is 695MB

Seth

@AmithKK :P

Amith KK

@Seth By google, That application seems to have some problems

user2045360

@AmithKK this problem started a few days ago, one day i got a warning that my free space was 1.2 GB

Amith KK

Seth

Well I unfortunately need to go to bed.

Amith KK

4:21 AM

@user2045360 odd.. first uninstaill tvmobili

Seth

@AmithKK Sheesh... 10GB in /home?

I only have 17GB total :P

Amith KK

@Seth Yea

My downloads folder is huge

Seth

If you're going to uninstall tvmobili make sure you reboot afterward.

user2045360

@Seth ok how do i uninstall it again?

Seth

@user2045360 Depends on how you installed it...

Did you do it through the software center?

user2045360

4:22 AM

i beleive from .deb

Seth

hmm.

Amith KK

11 mins ago, by Amith KK

@user2045360 http://forum.tvmobili.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=912

user2045360

but maybe software center

Amith KK

@Seth nudge --^

Seth

@user2045360 I can't find it in the software center, so probably not.

user2045360

4:23 AM

ah it was software center, apt-get can remove it

Amith KK

@user2045360 read that. It says that the uninstaller does not remove certain files

user2045360

oh

well im running it already

Seth

Ah, wait. Software Center lists software installed from .debs. I always forget that.

"/usr/local/bin/tvmobilisvcd
/etc/init.d/tvmobilisvcd
/etc/tvmobili
/var/log/tvmobili
/var/tvmobili

In addition, you will find symlinks called either KXXtvmobilisvcd or SXXtvmobilisvcd (where XX is a 2 digit number) in each of the 6 run level directories rc0.d - dc5.d

hope this helps."

user2045360

ok should i delete those folders?

Seth

I would delete the ones in /var

After you've uninstalled it.

user2045360

4:25 AM

ok can u give me commands?

Seth

First understand that this might remove content or something..

I'm not exactly sure what this program does..

user2045360

my movies and things r stored in /home/compu

and some in /home/school

tvmobili is a media server app

Seth

I think it would be sudo rm /var/log/tvmobili and sudo rm /var/tvmobili but I'd do it from the file manager just to be on the safe side.

user2045360

ok i'll run sudo nautilus then

Seth

NO

gksu nautilus

user2045360

4:29 AM

oh ok

whats wrong with sudo nautilus?

Seth

29

Q: What is the difference between "gksudo nautilus" and "sudo nautilus"?

I've been using gksudo nautilus and sudo nautilus through Alt+F2. What's the difference? They look very similar!

security root sudo gksu

> You should never use normal sudo to start graphical applications as root. You should use gksudo (kdesudo on Kubuntu) to run such programs. gksudo sets HOME=~root, and copies .Xauthority to a tmp directory. This prevents files in your home directory becoming owned by root.

To be exact.

This wiki page is also helpful: help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

user2045360

ok

i see

Seth

Not a huge deal per se, but a good precaution.

Anyway, I'm out.

user2045360

remove /var/tvmobili?

Seth

I would.

If you aren't going to use tvmobili again..

I'm not sure why it would need such a huge folder though.

user2045360

4:33 AM

oh i see what it holds

it holds transcoded version of my media files for the devices using the server

thats why its so huge

holy......

now i have 45.6 GB of free space

wow

there is no /var/log/tvmobili

Amith KK

@user2045360 Heh

:P

user2045360

now what about the other tvmobili folders?

@AmithKK i never knew i could free all of this space!

Amith KK

/usr/local/bin/tvmobilisvcd
/etc/init.d/tvmobilisvcd
/etc/tvmobili
/var/log/tvmobili
/var/tvmobili

user2045360

@AmithKK and i also have another media server called plex, thats why i wasnt worried about tvmobili, plex has better/more features anywats

Call me V

I just clean out my VMs, work, and stale folders in workspace when my disk gets full

user2045360

4:40 AM

there isnt any /usr/local/bin/tvmobilisvcd

Amith KK

@user2045360 So skip it :)

user2045360

k

it looks like the uninstaller got the rest of those folders

Amith KK

@user2045360 cool

user2045360

but i need to watch, it might continue to decrease free space

Amith KK

@user2045360 You could offload those folders to a bigger drive

I mean one of those 1TB ones

user2045360

4:47 AM

:/ i dont have a bigger drive, other than the 1 tb hd in my desktop, except that its not hooked up to anything and i have nothing to hook it up to

Amith KK

Transcoding does take quite some space

user2045360

yeah

its holding at 45GB for now

i have lots of apps, has anyone tried steam for linux? it works great

spotify works ok but locks up mouse control sometimes and i have to use the HUD to quit it

minecraft works great and even can integrate into steam

George Edison

6:01 AM

reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/1bn8vn/…

Yes, I actually posted a link to Reddit.

Amith KK

urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer>

@GeorgeEdison Help?

I'm getting this from the function I used from here

Amith KK

6:48 AM

mashable.com/2013/04/03/disney-closes-lucasarts

!!! @jrg @JourneymanGeek

Rinzwind

8:01 AM

@AmithKK who is peer and why does he want to reset the connection?

3

and who is that lurking? :P

Amith KK

Guess who! :)

Rinzwind

I am being sarcastic again :P

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dash

too harsh?

fossfreedom

sarcasm never plays well

Rinzwind

fossy! :)

fossfreedom

... even if I agree.

Rinzwind

8:14 AM

ok deleted it :=)

got to obey the mouse

Takkat

if all world were as nice as you two... :)

Rinzwind

now

say fossy

I want a "question is not worth our time" close vote :P

Or "try google" :P

Takkat

closed as TG ;P

but: foss's secret will solve 99% of all answerable questions here.

fossfreedom

@Takkat ... stop saying that out loud ... thats my secret

Takkat

made it quiet.

fossfreedom

8:18 AM

:)

Rinzwind

75% of my rep is based from answers on google by searching only the title of the question.

Takkat

lol

Rinzwind

24% the same but searching from something in the body

Takkat

1% wisdom only? I dont believe you.

Rinzwind

:-)

thing is ... I always search and hardly type an answer from memory

Takkat

8:21 AM

Increasingly question can be answered by searching google for site:askubuntu.com "copied question title" \o/

Rinzwind

That is the "dupe search"

Takkat

@Rinzwind most work comes from testing and verifying Google results.

They often are wrong and much outdated.

Rinzwind

yes and matching them against the Ubuntu release _O-

Takkat

and providing a nice shot.

Rinzwind

google images :=)

fossfreedom

8:24 AM

this guy isnt asking for too much ... askubuntu.com/questions/277742/…

lets see the colour of his money in 2 days

Takkat

> you'll need to actually satisfy the conditions I specified

nothing for me

Rinzwind

search topic

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Q: ubuntu GFS2 official document

Where can I find ubuntu GFS2 official document? I searched the ubuntu server guide, but I didn't find them. Did ubuntu release them? I only found 1 solution for cluster, https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/clustering.html

server high-availability

Takkat

@Rinzwind books.google.de/…

Rinzwind

redhat <3

commented >:DDD

Takkat

look at the title of the book - it cant be more official, can it?

Rinzwind

8:31 AM

those probably cost money knowing redhat >:)

Takkat

> Buy eBook €8.33

Rinzwind

windows user alert

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On Ubuntu there must be several "autoexec.bat" equivalents as I can see files like rc.local which seem to do very little because the comments in the file says it doesn't work by default and I tried putting this command in there and it didn't work. What I need to know is where I place this line. ...

12.04 boot security

autoexec.bat ... nostalgic

Takkat

sighs those days when I was younger.

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9:20 AM

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I found an answer to previous question which was emailed to me on 5.03.2013. That e-mail suggested that I try a couple of things, and it says 'Please let us know. Stack Exchange Team'. I am trying to let the Stack Exchange Team know. I couldn't find a sensible tag that would enable me to su...

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Journeyman Geek

@AmithKK yeah :/

Tushar

9:36 AM

hello?

is there anyone?

Takkat

@Tushar no ;)

Hi

Journeyman Geek

9:52 AM

Nothing here but us sheep

baaaaa

Takkat

sheep never sleep

Amith KK

they do it lying up :P

Takkat

> a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis

jrg

10:07 AM

yeah @AmithKK?

Amith KK

@jrg Look at the post above it

jrg

yeah, i know

they haven't made a game in years, they outsource everything.

Amith KK

Yeah?

All of em?

jrg

demonixis.tumblr.com/post/46854933364/…

yeah, all

enemystarfighter.com

> Coming soon to Windows, Mac, and Linux.

I'm in!

Amith KK

@jrg Yays

Sega just released All stars racing for mac

jrg

10:16 AM

ok, @AmithKK, just to verify. i can use that logo you sent me, right?

Amith KK

Yeah of course lol

I thought it was a bit too childish :P

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Amith KK

Google search autosuggests it now @jrg :)

jrg

i saw that earlier. ;P

penguinsolutions.com

Amith KK

@jrg You on Gtalk?

jrg

10:21 AM

normally are.

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11:30 AM

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fossfreedom

12:07 PM

@LuisAlvarado ... dont you sleep? ;)

Luis Alvarado

@fossfreedom don't know what is happening to me. Might become a zombie.

Btw here is an interesting question

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Q: Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?

An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas (that are mentioned in the text) highlighted) how I am to create these gif files with the softwar...

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The user wants a full tutorial guide with images, well more of a complete book about it. Answering that would take ages.

fossfreedom

yeah ... look up... (9.24)

Amith KK

12:34 PM

Err

I have a problem

how can I remove those citation numbers when copying from wikipedia

fossfreedom

homework? Teachers know when someone has copied from wikipedia ;)

Amith KK

@fossfreedom And we are allowed to do so :P

fossfreedom

sure you are ... I believe you...

jrg

LucasArts shuts down, releases source to Jedi Outcast / Jedi Academy under GPLv2 http://ur1.ca/d9dm7 http://ur1.ca/d96i0

Tweeted by dustyweb on April 4, 2013 at 12:28 PM

2

Amith KK

@fossfreedom Seriously

jrg

12:37 PM

AHHH YEAH!

Amith KK

I just want to save printer space

@jrg YAY FOR OPEN SOURCE

jrg

snagging copies before some idiot takes it down.

fossfreedom

you live in america ... you'll have the FBI on you.

Amith KK

@fossfreedom It's open source man :P

fossfreedom

if thats for real ...\o/

jrg

12:41 PM

looks legit.

Amith KK

Ok, wikipedia help please :)

fossfreedom

... copy - paste special - plain text

Amith KK

Still leaves those citation numbers

fossfreedom

... then use your new programming skills to search and strip-out stuff between the brackets! If there is an easier way ... dunno what that is. I tend to do my "own" work.

Amith KK

Hey, I just noticed that that is the only thing that they bracket with []

Is it logical to import an entire document to a string?

jrg

12:48 PM

why

my head hurts

fossfreedom

@AmithKK I wasnt serious about writing a program ... you could use a sed statement to parse out this stuff.

but dont ask me how...!

Amith KK

Or use the Gedit RegEx plugin

(\\[.*?\\])

That is correct right?

fossfreedom

... make a copy and run it ... you'll soon find out.

Amith KK

It works fine in python

but not in the regex thing

import re

txt='lol[42]'

re1='.*?'
re2='(\\[.*?\\])'

rg = re.compile(re1+re2,re.IGNORECASE|re.DOTALL)
m = rg.search(txt)
if m:
    sbraces1=m.group(1)
    print "("+sbraces1+")"+"\n"

Amith KK

1:36 PM

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