Huge windowserver_last.log !

Hello everybody,
I'm quite new to MacOS X, even though I've been using Unix-like systems for years. Recently, I discovered there was "Zero Ko" left on the hard drive of my iBook, which was surprinsing since I always keep about 4.0G of free space on it.
So I parsed my F.S. and discovered that te file /private/var/log/windowserver_last.log was 4.6G, and fullfiled with the same message from the beginning to the end :
Aug 01 00:57:46 [14120] (ipc/rcv) invalid name: CGXRunOneServerPass: mach_msg (gServiceSet) failed (last RPC: LaunchAppRequestWithAuditInfo)
With about 700 lines per second.
But then, I don't know where the problem is, so I can't correct it. I just know it started about esterday evening, but I was just using Firefox and Dashboard, nothing very terrific.
Can anybody advise me about how to solve that windowserver's super-logging attitude ?
Naopic Tastalian
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I'm responding because I am in the process of cleaning out hard drive space with Omni's Disk Sweeper and discovered my windowserver_last.log file is over 8GB in size on my 15" PB G4. I've tried to open it so I could post what it is aying, but it crashes console out. I can open my console and the last entry there is:
2006-08-27 17:20:47.816 SyndicationAgent[1821] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 27 Aug 2006 12:26:55 -800'
this has been repeated twenty five times beginning with this below and ending with the one above:
2006-08-27 17:20:46.890 SyndicationAgent[1821] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 27 Aug 2006 12:26:55 -800'
I am not very UNIX savvy and I am leery to use the console commands to delete it. I want to fix the problem, but I don't know how. I'm going to check my G4 tower soon to see if it has the same problem.
The previous 10 or so lines of code from console are included in case they may help determine what is causing this on my PB
2006-08-27 10:11:43.065 SyncServer[1434] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-08-27 10:13:06.736 Translator[1450] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
Aug 27 10:59:17 Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4 configd[37]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= Apple Network ec729f)
Aug 27 11:02:24 Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4 configd[37]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= Apple Network ec729f)
2006-08-27 11:11:41.530 SyncServer[1519] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-08-27 11:15:56.215 Translator[1537] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
2006-08-27 12:11:41.866 SyncServer[1582] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
Aug 27 16:44:21 Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4 configd[37]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= Apple Network ec729f)
2006-08-27 16:45:25.243 Translator[1647] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
2006-08-27 16:48:50.652 Translator[1793] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
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Help fixing a huge windowserver_last.log file

While using Omni Disk Sweeper, I discovered that my windowserver_last.log file is in excess of 8GB in size. I'm not very unix command savvy, but I am trying to reclaim the space without wiping something important. I'm unable to open the file using console because it crashes every time it opens that log. I have looked at the console and it has an error code that posted 25 times in less than a second. I've copied the error code below.
2006-08-27 17:20:46.890 SyndicationAgent[1821] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 27 Aug 2006 12:26:55 -800'
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Michael,
This is what I got out of Terminal:
<pre>
Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4:~ renejulien$ cd /private/var/log
Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4:/private/var/log renejulien$ wc -l windowserver.log
274 windowserver.log
Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4:/private/var/log renejulien$ grep 0x4623 windowserver.log | wc -l
112
Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4:/private/var/log renejulien$ cut -c 18- windowserver.log |sort | uniq -c|sort -n|tail -20
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXOrderWindow: Operation on a window 0x1 not owned by caller SecurityAgent
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXOrderWindow: Operation on a window 0x5 not owned by caller Mail
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x1 not owned by caller SecurityAgent
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x5 not owned by caller Mail
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGXAddWindowToWindowMovementGroup: Operation on a window 0x5cc not owned by caller QuickEntry DashboardClient
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGXAddWindowToWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x5cc not owned by caller QuickEntry DashboardClient
1 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGXRemoveWindowFromWindowMovementGroup: Operation on a window 0x5cc not owned by caller QuickEntry DashboardClient
2 [56] Accel caps: 00000003
2 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXOrderWindowList: Empty window list
3 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXGetWindowOwner: Invalid window 0
4 [56] kCGErrorFailure: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1 second. Server has re-enabled them.
4 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXRemoveTrackingArea: Operation on a window 0x5ca not owned by caller Translation DashboardClient
6 [56] kCGErrorFailure: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Dock" for over 1 second. Server has re-enabled them.
6 [56] kCGErrorFailure: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1 second. Server has re-enabled them.
8 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXRemoveTrackingArea: Operation on a window 0x5cc not owned by caller QuickEntry DashboardClient
9 [56] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXGetWindowShape: Invalid window -1
50 [56] Hot key operating mode is now all disabled
50 [56] Hot key operating mode is now normal
51 [56] "loginwindow" (0x4623) set hot key operating mode to normal
61 [56] "loginwindow" (0x4623) set hot key operating mode to all disabled
Rene-Juliens-PowerBook-G4:/private/var/log renejulien$
</pre>
For some reason I'm getting the hot keys enabled and disabled, but I don't know what hot key for which program. Any clues or just give up and delete the _last.log file once a month?
Jules

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None of the normal Mac OS X Mac OS X Maintenance Scripts rotate or prune these logs: it seems it is only done via a restart or shutdown/restart.
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15 ? S< 0:00 [kacpid]
16 ? S< 0:00 [kacpi_notify]
17 ? S< 0:00 [kseriod]
18 ? S 0:00 [khungtaskd]
19 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
20 ? S 0:01 [pdflush]
21 ? S< 0:00 [kswapd0]
22 ? S< 0:00 [aio/0]
23 ? S< 0:00 [aio/1]
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39 ? S< 0:00 [ata/1]
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2262 tty1 S 0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
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2269 ? Ss 0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running...
2270 ? S 0:00 klauncher
2272 ? S 0:00 kded4
2283 tty1 S 0:00 kwrapper4 ksmserver
2284 ? Sl 0:00 ksmserver
2286 ? S 0:47 kwin -session 10e0ed686f000124296811100000033390000_1243359004_612398
2287 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kwrited
2290 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/knotify4
2291 ? Sl 0:35 /usr/bin/plasma
2294 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/nepomukserver
2296 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kaccess
2298 ? S 0:02 /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukstorage
2307 ? S 0:01 /usr/bin/krunner
2309 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfilewatch
2310 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukontologyloader
2311 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukqueryservice
2317 ? S 0:00 kmix -session 10e0ed686f000124296811600000033390010_1243359004_602182
2319 ? R 26:01 python /usr/bin/printer-applet
2321 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/klipper
2328 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kio_file [kdeinit] file local:
2365 ? Sl 0:00 /home/dasusr1/das/adm/db2dasrrm
2385 ? S 0:00 /opt/ibm/db2/V9.5/das/bin/db2fmd -i dasusr1 -m /opt/ibm/db2/V9.5/das/lib/libdb2dasgcf.so.1
2553 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kio_http [kdeinit] http local:
2896 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/yaspd
2897 ? S 0:00 ksysguardd
2931 ? Sl 1:23 /usr/bin/firefox
2936 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2
3997 ? S 0:08 /usr/bin/dolphin -icon system-file-manager -caption Dolphin /home/radovan
4189 ? Rl 0:03 /usr/bin/konsole
4191 pts/1 Ss 0:00 /bin/bash
4192 pts/1 S 0:00 su
4193 pts/1 S 0:00 bash
4467 pts/1 S 0:00 su radovan
4468 pts/1 S 0:00 bash
4490 pts/1 S 0:00 su
4491 pts/1 S 0:01 bash
5260 pts/1 R+ 0:00 ps -ax
Sorry for my Tarzan English. I hope someone can help me.
Edit:Ok i have killed famd daemon and those three log files are now normal. Was it ok for me to kill it, i mean is it safe?
Last edited by pivonroll (2009-07-06 11:59:09)

OK i did what you suggested. It works!
Thx man

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What are these, can they be deleted, and what may have caused them to be so large in the first place?

This was being written repeatedly to the system.log file. I removed the application, restarted the Mac and the problem appears to be resolved
Feb 4 21:45:23 adsl-69-111-166-204 radioSHARKServer[133]: * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x25ad980 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking\nStack: (0x939f6dac 0x93923e14 0x9394ff04 0xb0007438 0xb0004b8c 0xc054 0xc618 0x7000e7c8 0x7000dda8 0x7000cf64 0x90358c10 0x903587d4 0x90358718 0x903abb88 0x903582f4 0x90358464 0x903582f4 0x9036dd48 0x7000cad0 0x70005d04 0x7001140c 0x924d6624 0x924d62b0 0x924d6164 0x924d4b34 0x924d47f4 0x924c2de8 0x9232b0c8)
Feb 4 21:45:23 adsl-69-111-166-204 radioSHARKServer[133]: * -[NSConditionLock unlockWithCondition:]: lock (<NSConditionLock: 0x12c2c0> '(null)') unlocked when not locked
Feb 4 21:45:23 adsl-69-111-166-204 radioSHARKServer[133]: * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.

Windowserver_last.log...Why Ballooning to 30gig and Ruining Me and My Life?

What is this file and why is it suddenly draining all my hard drive space? I have read on other threads that is happens from "Command-Tab." Perhaps from Command-Tab to open a new window in Firefox?
I should be able to use this. Is there a reason for the draining? How do I stop it in the future.
Thanks
Matt

Hello Matt, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Open Console in Applications>Utilities, select that Log and choose delete it.
Also, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go., then use Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities to Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishe.
Report outcome please.

RAC- DR site is generating huge Alert logs

Hi Folks,
Please help me getting solution for below error coming up in Alert log of stanby server. although the logs are shipping correctly and log sequence number is same on both prod and standby.
But i am worrind because of below error cming continuously from past 3-4 days:
Errors in file /oracle/app/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/icx/udump/icx1_rfs_9287.trc:
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1267.698943109'
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1270.698943107'
Mon Aug 30 12:15:22 2010
Errors in file /oracle/app/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/icx/udump/icx1_rfs_9287.trc:
ORA-00314: log 6 of thread 1, expected sequence# 10919 doesn't match 10904
ORA-00312: online log 6 thread 1: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_6.265.694205613'
ORA-00314: log 6 of thread 1, expected sequence# 10919 doesn't match 10904
ORA-00312: online log 6 thread 1: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_6.264.694205613'
Mon Aug 30 12:15:22 2010
Errors in file /oracle/app/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/icx/udump/icx1_rfs_9287.trc:
ORA-00314: log 6 of thread 1, expected sequence# 10919 doesn't match 10904
ORA-00312: online log 6 thread 1: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_6.265.694205613'
ORA-00314: log 6 of thread 1, expected sequence# 10919 doesn't match 10904
ORA-00312: online log 6 thread 1: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_6.264.694205613'
Mon Aug 30 12:15:22 2010
Errors in file /oracle/app/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/icx/udump/icx1_rfs_9287.trc:
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1267.698943109'
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1270.698943107'
Mon Aug 30 12:15:22 2010
Errors in file /oracle/app/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/icx/udump/icx1_rfs_9287.trc:
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1267.698943109'
ORA-00314: log 11 of thread 2, expected sequence# 8200 doesn't match 0
ORA-00312: online log 11 thread 2: '+DG1/icxstandby/onlinelog/group_11.1270.698943107'
Please revert asap. i appreciate ur understanding.
regards,
J K J

are you sure DR is in sync .
I see bellow in metalink [ID 18373.1]
Error: ORA-314
Text: log <name> of thread <num>, expected sequence # <num> does not match
<num>
Cause: The online log is out of sequence, probably because it is corrupted or
an old version.
Action: For more information on recovery procedures, see the <Oracle Server
Administrator's Guide>.
*** Important: The notes below are for experienced users - See Note:22080.1
Support Notes:
If the database is from a clean shutdown and no restore has been
performed then it may be just the Online logs have been over-written.
A useful quick check is:
select * from v$recover_file;
If this shows no rows then the following steps may be useful:
a. If you do not know why the current online log is an old copy
take a backup of all existing datafiles (V$datafile),
controlfile (v$controlfile) and the online logs (even though old)
(v$logfile). This ensures you can never get into a worse position
than you are in now.
b. Once you have a safe backup copy:
startup mount
recover database until cancel;
## This should report "Media recovery complete."
alter database open resetlogs;
## The database should open here unless there is some other problem.
c. Now shutdown take a FULL backup of all datafiles / logfiles and
controlfile as you cannot perform recoveries through a resetlogs.

Huge log.xml are generaing in 11.1.0.7 database.

Hi
we have an issue where listner log file is generating hugely and also it is creatin very huge listner logs. we tried bounce the listner and database but still it geerates huge log files

how big is the listener log file.... ?
to save on space, you may backup and truncate the existing listener log file with the below steps.
lsnrctl set log_status off (turn listener logging off)
gzip <listener.log>listener.log.07052011.gz (backup listener file by zipping)
next step to truncate by doing this $>listener.log (do this to truncate the existing listener log)
lsnrctl set log_status on (turn listener logging on)
Again, I would like to know the listener.log file size..
Edited by: s_n_i_dba on Jul 5, 2011 11:37 AM

Huge 114GB and 53GB Kernel logs

Hi all,
I was wondering why my iMac had such a small amount of free space and took a look at it using Disk Inventory X. Apparently I have two log files in private/var/log that are huge. kernel.log.0 which weighs in at 114GB and kernel.log.1 at 53GB. What looks to be an active kernel.log is only 813KB. I'm not very experienced in this area of the mac so while this looks highly fishy to me, I'm not sure what to do about it. The installation is a recent clean install and the machine only a few months old.
Any thoughts on how I can reclaim the disk space? Can these log files be safely deleted and if so how? And is there likely to be a wider problem that this is a symptom of? Many thanks in advance.
MrGatsby

Can these log files be safely deleted and if so how?
Yes, using Go to Folder in the Finder's Go menu to navigate to /private/var/log .
is there likely to be a wider problem that this is a symptom of?
Double-click one of the files and look for one or more lines repeated many times.
(54728)

Distribution log retation - log is huge!

Hi,
I have 26 publishers with transactional replication to a central subscriber.
All the distributor properties and publication properties in these publishers are the same.
5 of these 26 publishers (publisher/distributor in the same server) have huge distribution log files (up to 100GB) and the log space used is over 90%, even using recovery model simple.
I already tried to configure the distribution retention and the publication retention, already checked the cleanup jobs and even executed the cleanup procedures myself, but the % space used in the huge logs are still over 90%.
I can understand a log retention in the publication database because the log reader agent needs to read the log and send the information to the distributor, but I can't understant this retention in the distributor database. As far I know, the information
in the distributor database is inside the system tables, the cleanup jobs delete old information in these tables, but why I still have this problem in the distribution log and only 5 of 26 distributors with this problem ?
How can I shrink the distribution log in this case ? The database is already in simple recovery model, I'm not understanding the log retention.
Thank you !
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I had the same exact problem and tried everything thing:
Problem:
Distribution data file = 19gb
Distribution log file = Ballooned to dangerous 700gb
Setup:
1) Transactional replication setup, continuous
2) 13 publications
3) Largest database = 200 gb
4) Distributor properties:
Transaction retention 0-72 hours
History Retention 48 hours
5) Subscriptions all configured as pull subscriptions
6) Distribution database is set to simple
7) Distribution clean up: distribution job run fine in 13 min(kinda long though)
8) Agent history clean up runs fine (2 sec)
9) Expired cleanup job runs fine (17 sec)
I noticed a few setup inneficiencies and recently made this change:
1) Changed each publication from "never expire" to 120 hour retention
Manually ran some diagnostics:
Segment Name Group Id Size in MB     Space Used Available Space Percent Used
distribution 1 19629.00       3635.81 15993.19  18.52
distribution_log 0 774523.06      741109.16 33413.91  95.69
DBCC OPENTRAN
No active open transactions
Manually ran EXEC dbo.sp_MSdistribution_cleanup @min_distretention = 0, @max_distretention = 72
Removed 0 replicated transactions consisting of 0 statements in 80 seconds (0 rows/sec).
DBCC Loginfo
Returns 1104 rows
Select name, Log_reuse_wait_desc FROM sys.databasess
Name             Log_reuse_wait_desc
distribution        LOG_Backup
REPLuserdb        Replication
Manually confirmed all data from source to subscriber has been replicated and is a match. The data is all there at the subscriber.
I considered stopping the sql server agent and running the following command to reset the replication status: EXEC sp_repldone @xactid = NULL, @xact_segno = NULL, @numtrans = 0, @time= 0, @reset = 1    Then running the distribution cleanup
job again or shrinking the log.
....but this is very disruptive.
Finally I just changed the recovery model to full and back to simple and truncated the log file. Just like your case this is the only thing that worked!

Huge windowserver_last.log !

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