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My log folder details are as follows: Log folder files sizes

Which files can i delete to free up my space??

janos
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Sahil Gupta
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  • In the future, please copy paste command output as text instead of an image. – janos Dec 23 '16 at 21:25
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    The 21 gigabyte kern.log and 59 gigabyte syslog are where I'd start. – Elliott Frisch Dec 23 '16 at 21:33
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    However, rather than just deleting the files, look them over to see what error and/or warnings are filling up the log and correct the error. Your system is screaming for your help!!! cat /var/log/syslog | grep -i error Please don't post the entire thing here as it's far too loonnnngggggggg! – chili555 Dec 23 '16 at 21:51
  • @chili555 My system crashed after doing that command and when i tried to restart, it stucks at a screen. – Sahil Gupta Dec 23 '16 at 22:29
  • I can access the pc but it stucks at a screen. – Sahil Gupta Dec 23 '16 at 22:32
  • Then try reading just a few lines at a time: cat/var/log/syslog | grep -i error | less Get out of 'less' with q. I suspect that it's getting stuck because of the underlying error. – chili555 Dec 23 '16 at 22:32
  • Its stuck even after restart. I cant access anything. – Sahil Gupta Dec 23 '16 at 22:34
  • @chili555 I can login with the screen stuck and access the terminal. I typed spd-say hello to check whether my terminal works. Any solution for fixing the screen stucked? – Sahil Gupta Dec 23 '16 at 22:48
  • If you get to a black screen with a blinking prompt, that merely means that the graphics system is not working. I'm sure the error is in the log. I am not at all experienced with graphics. You need to see the error in the log somehow and fix it. – chili555 Dec 24 '16 at 13:47
  • @chili555 Yeah i get lot of errors when the pc starts and is turned off. I'll try to fix them. – Sahil Gupta Dec 24 '16 at 15:01
  • The syslog is spammed with error : sahil-HP-Pavilion-Notebook kernel: [ 9.023521] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: device [8086:9d15] error status/mask=00000001/00000000 Dec 24 18:37:40 sahil-HP-Pavilion-Notebook kernel: [ 9.023523] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: [ 0] Receiver Error (First) Dec 24 18:37:40 sahil-HP-Pavilion-Notebook kernel: [ 9.023917] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e5 Dec 24 18:37:40 sahil-HP-Pavilion-Notebook kernel: [ 9.023924] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID) – Sahil Gupta Dec 24 '16 at 15:09
  • I suggest that you Google this: pcieport PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID) or ask a question here about it. I am inexperienced in such matters. I do know, however, that the answer is to fix the error, not just delete the file and ignore the error. – chili555 Dec 24 '16 at 15:17

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