On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 11:29:09PM -0400, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > > I'm not sure of that. Sometimes keys get "stuck" in the down position > > with my USB keyboard (mechanical switches, so the keys themselves are not > > sticking) and usually when that happens I can find a line like the one > > quoted above in the logs. [...] > > The printout is a valuable diagnostic tool for hacking but > is useless for a user (actually dangerous, as it brings computers > down with /var overflow). The best option would be to have > it configurable with a module parameter. That sounds like a good idea actually, under kernel hacking perhaps? It seems to me that the messages do indicate some kind of non-fatal problem (that may not be true?) but I agree it is murderous to /var on a small system. Given that I now consider a small system one with a /var of under 300 megs, well.. =) -- Joseph Carter Free software developer Techical solutions are not a matter of voting. Two legislations in the US states almost decided that the value of Pi be 3.14, exactly. Popular vote does not make for a correct solution. -- Manoj Srivastava