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/var/xorg.log file got HUGEE (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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The other day my PC randomly threw an error saying my hard drive was full. I quickly deleted some games so it wouldn't freeze and then went to look wtf happened to see the xorg.log file was over 200 gigs!! I deleted it and rebooted and was fine.

But what in the world would cause this??

All AMD system, Linux mint.

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago

if this happens again it's probably a good idea to check the logs.

also try logrotate

be mindful though tgat logging if not configured right can put a lot of wear on your SSD, so it might be an idea to set logrotate to Something rather small and mount your log directory (if you generally don't need logs to survive a reboot) to a tmpfs Mount(if you've got some RAM to spare)

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