[mythtv-users] MythTV error log Filled Hard drive.

[E Norm One]

Chris Gackstatter wrote:
> In the process of installing a PVR-500, I got MythTV caught is some sort of
> loop.  Prior to this I had about 235 GB free on my hard drive.  When Myth
> stopped working I checked the mythbackend log that is out put on the screen
> and a saw repeating messages saying my hard drive is full or something to
> that effect.  Being that machine was locked up a did a reboot of the
> machine.  The Machine on which I run my backend is a headless pc that sits
> in my equipment closet in the basement.  The only access I have to the
> machine is to VNC into in from my windows machine.  
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When (and if) you get this machine up and running again - make sure that
you have a sshd deamon running as well. As a small-footprint backup for 
vnc.

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> After the reboot  I can VNC into the machine only to see a blank green
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> Being that I can still Samba into the machine with the backend and see all
> the files.  I suspect what has happen is that MythTV filled up my hard drive
> with some sort of error log file and now there is not enough hard drive
> space to start FC4 xWindows.  
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> Can someone tell me which file might contain this large error log, and how
> do I get rid of it?
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Typically such logs will be located under /var/log
eg: Gentoo locates those files under /var/log/mythtv

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> Or if I missed the point completely and you direct me how to fix this
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> Being that I am not a Linux guy I am sure I used some wrong term here to
> describe the problem.  Please ask question if you need more detail.
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Are you able to temporily move some of the .nuv files to your Windoze 
machine and reboot? That might give the space you need.