Re: /var/log messages question

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:30:29 +1000
Phil <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:53:01 pm Barry Jackson wrote:
> > On 28/01/11 02:01, Phil wrote:
> > > Thank you for reading this.
> > > 
> > > The following is being written to the /var/log/messages file
> > > twice every second.
> > > 
> > > Jan 28 11:47:17 localhost kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed
> > > media or resized disk sr0
> > > 
> > > This has only occurred since a fresh installation of 2010.2
> > > and it seems to occur after I have connected to the Internet
> > > and so I suspect it has something to do with the fetched
> > > update list. If I disconnect and then reboot the message
> > > doesn't seem to reappear until the next time that I connect
> > > to the Internet. Beyond that I don't have much of an idea of
> > > how to prevent this.
> > > 
> > > Can anyone offer a suggestion?
> > 
> > Just a very wild guess, but have you still got the CD/DVD
> > install media listed in your media sources? If so try removing
> > them.
> 
> Thank you Barry for your reply.
> 
> I do have the following DVD sources listed plus many other
> on-line sources:
> 
> CD-ROM Main media
> CD-ROM updates media
> CD-ROM contrib updates media
> CD-ROM Contrib media
> 
> I notice that the message is written to the /var/log/messages
> file once the "you have updates" dialogue is displayed, but only
> if the DVD is not mounted.
> 
> So the easy fix is to leave the DVD in the drive during the time
> that I'm on- line. Something that I'm very likely to forget to do.
> 
> I haven't removed the DVD sources from the list because I may
> want to add a new application at some time without the need to go
> on-line and this problem has never occurred during the past 12
> years.
> 
> A Google search shows that this problem has occurred in the past
> and that it was due to a bug of some kind. Could that be the case
> again or have I simply misunderstood something very basic?
>  

Rather than removing the sources, go into MCC and disable them. You
can always re-enable them later if you need them, but they should
be ignored while disabled, so should not be logged.

-- 
Margot