From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 779DC198005 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CDC6E05E4; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f178.google.com (mail-we0-f178.google.com [74.125.82.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C73BAE0531 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f178.google.com with SMTP id x48so1730515wey.9 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:48:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XzPMtaJQJGO1hwjvDFojPICJX9eylWZBBRpuM6bLsPI=; b=AxbOg9g8XCkFZ92qhamv94CsbvsuLqyKzkoEzA7nSBCBG5Es75FKZW61O/sLi0GMBQ MV93oe39hO9HfuPV8bBe93Gos223dvVQehjfPrqJJgQYGkXF19CthxNLfSNJ067WwVD0 crVHMYiuhecIwgpZMw6sp4mhXZ2HIUGAdNOlVp0KOAW4SvnqqSAU/R2cUCh/KBSLme3k I7EsKwEbFqhD7Puvdf8ptMEbdINUGl3A22a6QmleCx8/Rt6gKA6+Ly9nALGTDO9glJ4X 7LF4AJwUexk2AWClSF12jqJ/K5iikfrcnF/kv+lKyW67rCIk4ze9iBtnYTh4D3Dbo5yp CKPQ== X-Received: by 10.194.63.240 with SMTP id j16mr12373262wjs.45.1361695691501; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:48:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-205-209.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.205.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m6sm8709532wic.2.2013.02.24.00.48.09 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:48:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5129D363.3050301@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:46:27 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130114 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No space left on device ? References: <20130223050004.GC5625@syscon7.inet> <5128D135.8030901@googlemail.com> <5128E3DF.2040205@gmail.com> <201302232325.07638.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <201302232325.07638.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 42c6fa51-ecd7-4f1e-a91a-440fb37794f8 X-Archives-Hash: f874b93d9d66812c225b315d349f387c On 24/02/2013 01:25, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 23 February 2013 15:44:31 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The number of people who completely and totally misread the simple >> instructions about upgrading udev is spectacular. > > Even I did it, and I'm ashamed to admit it too. At least I managed to > realise my mistake and correct it without pestering anyone else. > >> The guides say clearly and unambiguously to modify the mount options for >> /dev >> >> And what did so many users at once go and do? Changed every line in >> fstab that had the three characters d-e-v in them as well. > > Few of us have a /dev line in fstab, so the line that looks most like it > becomes prime suspect. Eh? It's a guide about udev, which manages /dev, so it gives the mount type and options for /dev It says nothing at all about /dev/shm or any other mount point. I'm just baffled as to how so many people could mis-read it. One or two I could understand (tired, lack of coffee, etc), but so many? Baffling. > >> I dunno, sometimes I want to give up. > > Don't do that until after you've straightened out your its and it's. :-) Errrm, yeah. English has this arbitrary rule about that as there's no sensible precedence order. Which has higher precedence - possession or contraction? Long ago someone tossed a coin and decreed which one. And I can never remember which way the coin fell, I've pretty much decided I no longer give a hoot :-) And you'll notice I often type ";" where a "'" belongs - that's because my right pinky finger no longer works properly, I have to use the ring finger instead. Makes for lots of interesting typos :-) -- Alan McKinnon Systems Engineer^W Technician Infrastructure Services Internet Solutions +27 11 575 7585 -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com