[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] How to trim logs?

2017-05-07 Thread Peter Humphrey 
On Sunday 07 May 2017 13:13:41 I wrote:

> ... Compiling a new kernel on that box takes a few hours.

2.5 actually: 158 minutes. It's an Atom N270.

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Regards
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] How to trim logs?

2017-05-07 Thread Peter Humphrey 
On Sunday 07 May 2017 19:39:42 Adam Carter wrote:
> Read 'man 3 syslog' and search for facility.

Ah, so that's where it is.

> As an alternative you could disable CONFIG_USB_ANNOUNCE_NEW_DEVICES and
> use 'dmesg | tail' to check the disk device allocation.

I'm taking this route for now. Compiling a new kernel on that box takes a 
few hours. [Drums fingertips on desk...]

Thanks for the help.

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Regards
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] How to trim logs?

2017-05-07 Thread Adam Carter 
Read 'man 3 syslog' and search for facility.

As an alternative you could disable CONFIG_USB_ANNOUNCE_NEW_DEVICES and use
'dmesg | tail' to check the disk device allocation.