Here's the output:
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 6,1G lug 18 17:24 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 6,1G lug 18 17:23 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2,6M lug 16 23:38 dpkg.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 818K lug 18 17:26 wtmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390K lug 18 17:23 udev
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 286K lug 2 22:48 lastlog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246K lug 18 17:23 pm-powersave.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 148K lug 18 17:23 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64K nov 2 2014 bootstrap.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 54K lug 17 20:58 dmesg.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 54K lug 18 17:22 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47K lug 15 22:18 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33K lug 15 21:52 pm-suspend.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K lug 2 22:48 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30K lug 17 23:37 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K lug 18 17:24 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16K lug 16 20:20 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16K lug 16 20:19 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 16K lug 16 23:39 dmesg.2.gz
Today I started the OS and the files increased a lot, in fact now they are
about 6.5GB each.
one part of the output of "tail -f /var/log/syslog" is:
$ tail -f /var/log/kern.log
Jul 18 17:23:33 davidoff kernel: [ 52.384828] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
Jul 18 17:23:33 davidoff kernel: [ 52.456562] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros
AR9271 Rev:1
Jul 18 17:23:34 davidoff kernel: [ 52.764721] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):
wlan0: link is not ready
Jul 18 17:23:35 davidoff kernel: [ 54.388508] wlan0: authenticate with
e0:b9:e5:2c:ac:85
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.784977] wlan0: send auth to
e0:b9:e5:2c:ac:85 (try 1/3)
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.786679] wlan0: authenticated
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.790035] wlan0: associate with
e0:b9:e5:2c:ac:85 (try 1/3)
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.793678] wlan0: RX AssocResp from
e0:b9:e5:2c:ac:85 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2)
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.803750] wlan0: associated
Jul 18 17:23:36 davidoff kernel: [ 54.803783] IPv6:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wldavide@davidoff:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jul 18 17:23:45 davidoff dbus[650]: [system] Successfully activated service
'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Jul 18 17:23:46 davidoff gnome-session[1250]: GLib-CRITICAL:
g_environ_setenv: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
Jul 18 17:23:51 davidoff ntpdate[1906]: adjust time server 91.189.89.199
offset -0.128774 sec
Jul 18 17:23:56 davidoff NetworkManager[1139]: (wlan0): IP6 addrconf timed
out or failed.
Jul 18 17:23:56 davidoff NetworkManager[1139]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of
5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Jul 18 17:23:56 davidoff NetworkManager[1139]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of
5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
Jul 18 17:23:56 davidoff NetworkManager[1139]: Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of
5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
Jul 18 17:23:57 davidoff wpa_supplicant[1777]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
