File ,storage issue

[Karthik_997]

hello i am using POP operating system,,,i have a secondary storage of 512 gb,,,,but in my machine the "syslog" file occupies 181.4GB of storage,,,,why it is so,,,,how to reduce the size and make it normal
please help,,i am beginner to linux

 

[kc1di]

This can be quite complicated. But the jist of it is something has gone wrong in you log file parameters.
This page will tell you how to correct that. Look at answer #1 And follow the instructions carefully.
that should reduce the size of the file considerably. Good luck.

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[KGIII]

POP!_OS is meant to run properly on System76 hardware.

I'd just try a different distro to see if the behavior exists in that distro.

 

[bob466]

Don't know about Pop Distro but in Linux Mint Cinnamon you can reduce Journal Log Files in the Terminal...

Sometimes the journal can be unexpectedly large. To check the space the journal is taking, you can run:

du -sh /var/log/journal

To check journal disk usage…

sudo journalctl --disk-usage

To clean Journal Logs and set a size…

sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=100M

Hope this helps.