From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262497AbTJAVbV (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:31:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262538AbTJAVbV (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:31:21 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:48649 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262497AbTJAVbT (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:31:19 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test6 -- Huh??? Date: 1 Oct 2003 21:21:45 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <3F79E7EE.80808@coyotegulch.com> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1065043305 19684 192.168.12.62 (1 Oct 2003 21:21:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <3F79E7EE.80808@coyotegulch.com>, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: | I freely admit to being something of a neophyte when it comes to the | internal details of the Linux kernel. I've been successfully running | development and test kernels since 2.5.40 or so, and I've never before | seen anything like the following: | | Message from syslogd@Tycho at Tue Sep 30 16:09:01 2003 ... | Tycho vmunix: ris/b/la/up.us0:rr - rdi ptests | | Message from syslogd@Tycho at Tue Sep 30 16:09:01 2003 ... | Tycho vmunix: dreruscls/blc:bl: ro-1eangriertas | | Message from syslogd@Tycho at Tue Sep 30 16:09:01 2003 ... | Tycho vmunix: ris//cs/lp: lper -rengin sus>dersbasus.csb: or9 | diprerat<3iv/u/cs/lp up0rr-1eag ntsts | | Message from syslogd@Tycho at Tue Sep 30 16:09:01 2003 ... | Tycho vmunix: ris//cs/lp up0rr -rengin sus>dersbassbc:bl: or9 | diprerat<3iv/ucl/up. up0rr-1eag ntsts | | The above messages appeared in a root terminal running from Gnome, while | I was outside replacing fuses in my truck. Given that my truck is not | yet running Linux or connected to my network (give me time...), I'm at a | loss as to what caused the above, and what it means. | | Polite illumination will be most graciously appreciated. The lines are caused by a message such as is sent by the 'write' command, I suspect something on your system might have an unhappy script which is abusing that command or using the same mechanism to send you this information. I think the sender is telling you "I am so confused" at this point. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.