Re: AIX 3 Hard Disk Full

From: Laurenz Albe (albe_at_culturallNOSPAM.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:25:10 +0000 (UTC)

Lucas <asklucas@gmx.net> wrote:
> I think it's not worth spending efforts in increasing the size of the
> /var partition.

If you have enough free disk space, that is very easy.
But it's your choice of course.

> Anyway, back to the topic: the "disk full" error is gone now, but
> after about 25 minutes of working in X-window the system still
> automatically logs off. Is there a log file I can check to find out
> why this happens?

Which version of AIX are you running?
Is the 'X-window' the CDE or did you start it with xinit from the command
line? Do you log in via graphical interface or on the console?
you can try and run 'errpt' to check if problems were reported.
I once had windows disappearing in response to a SIGPANIC from the
kernel because virtual memory was running low.

> Can it be because of the year 2000 issue, the system shows now Jan
> 1st, 1970?

I suspect that your battery is empty (it buffers the time when the
machine is turned off). Do you experience booting problems (lost
bootlist)?
Year 2000 was just a sham drawn up by computer companies in order to
make people buy all the latest hard- and software ;^)

Yours,
Laurenz Albe