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/var/log ls -al
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24347 Sep 10 20:44 XFree86.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22467 Sep 10 10:09 XFree86.0.log.old
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14670 Sep 10 21:05 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 72955 Sep 10 06:47 auth.log.0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 0 Sep 10 18:42 btmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3456 Aug 6 12:17 btmp.1
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 4851 Sep 10 21:05 daemon.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2229 Sep 10 12:30 debug
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12204 Sep 11 15:12 dmesg
drwxr-s--- 2 Debian-exim adm 4096 Sep 10 18:41 exim4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 4 2005 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 12:30 gdm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2004 isdn
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 43829 Sep 10 21:05 kern.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 30952 Sep 11 15:13 lastlog
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 43666 Sep 10 21:05 messages
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 66149 Sep 10 06:26 messages.0
drwxr-s--- 2 mysql adm 4096 Sep 10 18:42 mysql
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Sep 10 18:42 mysql.err
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 20 Sep 10 18:42 mysql.err.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 Sep 10 18:41 mysql.log
-rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 Sep 10 18:41 mysql.log.1.gz
drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep 10 18:42 mythtv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 06:25 ntpstats
drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 Sep 10 18:42 samba
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 10 18:42 scrollkeeper.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 56145 Sep 10 21:05 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 36404 Sep 10 06:25 syslog.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1425 Sep 10 21:04 user.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 62208 Sep 11 15:13 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 699648 Sep 10 18:34 wtmp.1

Author:	bigbro [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:42 pm ]
Post subject:	SOLVED!Suddenly getting various messages that X can't start.
See Final Post Built and Upgraded to R5C7 about 5 weeks back seemed to work fine. About 2 weeks back MySQL filled /Var. Since I was unavailable and couldn't get to the console, just cleared thing so it would load and stopped doing recording, etc. Back on the console Today, Repaired the MySQL tables, got Log Rotation fixed and verified it was working. Have restarted a couple of times so it seemed everything was good. Running a High Quality recording and suddenly the box kicked out to "Penguin on the Couch" screen. It does this peridoically, just got a new cooler to run on the Bridge, so didn't think much of it. When to relaod Myth Frontened, and it went sort of the the Nvidia screen mostly grey with horizontal darker bars. It sat there for 15 minutes while I let my backend finish it's record. Waited a few then ordered a Reboot at the Alternate console. It came back to a Text Screen and I got two messages. Starting mythTV server: error while loading shared library: libXv.so.1. Cannot open. No such file or directory. ..and a few lines later: Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm/usr/bin/gdm: error loading shared library: libX11.so.6. Cannot open. No such file or directory. Any thoughts here? I did a couple of searches and only found reference to new install. Since this has been working I don't see where the answer applies as I had a working installation.

Author:	L0o0ky [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:16 am ]
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I would start out with making sure you have room on your / filesystem. I've seen things like this happen when log files get out of hand... I can't remember all of the details--search the forums for howto's on deleting the log files.

Author:	bigbro [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Logs seem to be not updating
Ok, I checked into the various logs. I had initially followed the discussion here: Quote: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=65841#65841 to remedy the large mysql log problem. The / was essentially 100% full at that point. One thing I have noticed now in looking around. The logs I would expect to see updating, like syslog have not updated since I did a reboot last night. I shutdown last evening and restarted today and have rebooted once and had a full shutdown to protect from a pending powerfailure. I would expect to see Logfile updates in many of these. about 20:45 on Sept 10th is when it crashed. Code: /var/log ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24347 Sep 10 20:44 XFree86.0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22467 Sep 10 10:09 XFree86.0.log.old -rw-r----- 1 root adm 14670 Sep 10 21:05 auth.log -rw-r----- 1 root adm 72955 Sep 10 06:47 auth.log.0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 0 Sep 10 18:42 btmp -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3456 Aug 6 12:17 btmp.1 -rw-r----- 1 root adm 4851 Sep 10 21:05 daemon.log -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2229 Sep 10 12:30 debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12204 Sep 11 15:12 dmesg drwxr-s--- 2 Debian-exim adm 4096 Sep 10 18:41 exim4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 4 2005 fontconfig.log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 12:30 gdm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10 2004 isdn -rw-r----- 1 root adm 43829 Sep 10 21:05 kern.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 30952 Sep 11 15:13 lastlog -rw-r----- 1 root adm 43666 Sep 10 21:05 messages -rw-r----- 1 root adm 66149 Sep 10 06:26 messages.0 drwxr-s--- 2 mysql adm 4096 Sep 10 18:42 mysql -rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Sep 10 18:42 mysql.err -rw-r----- 1 root adm 20 Sep 10 18:42 mysql.err.1.gz -rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 Sep 10 18:41 mysql.log -rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 20 Sep 10 18:41 mysql.log.1.gz drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Sep 10 18:42 mythtv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 06:25 ntpstats drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 4096 Sep 10 18:42 samba -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 10 18:42 scrollkeeper.log -rw-r----- 1 root adm 56145 Sep 10 21:05 syslog -rw-r----- 1 root adm 36404 Sep 10 06:25 syslog.0 -rw-r----- 1 root adm 1425 Sep 10 21:04 user.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 62208 Sep 11 15:13 wtmp -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 699648 Sep 10 18:34 wtmp.1 I edited out some of them. But the key logs I would look at messages, syslog and XFree86 have not updated since yesterday evening. Code: df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 4.6G 2.5G 2.0G 56% / /dev/vg/myth 233G 134G 100G 58% /myth

Author:	EvilTwin [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:12 pm ]
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You may also want to check/repair your database. See the sticky posting by Cecil/cesman.

Author:	bigbro [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:47 pm ]
Post subject:	SOLVED! Mythbackend and GDM wouldn't start
Update 09/14/06: I was able to get into a terminal and login as SU. Ran Mythbackup and backed up per the instructions from TJC's Hint's for upgrading to R5C7. After this was done and I verifed everything, I inserted the R5C7 cd and ran an auto upgrade and again followd TJC's instructions as if I was rebuilding from an earlier version. It all came back and works! The team Rocks! Thanks! Now on to other issues. Previous post:Checked the databases, didn't see anything wrong with them. Thanks though. I also have Webmin running, just noticed when I tried to check log files via that method and I open the System Logs tab it says: "The syslog configuration file /etc/syslog.conf was not found on your system. " I looked for that and didn't find it on the system. Not sure if that is realtive. I am pretty much clueless on this and unfortunately, I hand't had much time to check everything out before I had to leave about 6 weeks ago. Of course when return the DW wanted it fixed now so she could get to her shows. I am hoping I didn't mess up. After the reparis to the MySQL log and clean-up it succesfully got listings, sheduled programs and recorded same, then it hosed during the last recording. When I restarted to get out of that it didn't like it one bit.

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