What is debug (/var/log/debug) used for and why is it getting larger every second?
File is at 4.5MB and climbing. Here's a sample of what it's filling with.
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.588424] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638759] <3>1f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638763] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638766] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638769] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638772] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638775] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638778] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Oct 19 21:28:37 Bodacious kernel: [12470.638781] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ................
Edit.. Some more clues in the debug file...
root:# cat debug | more
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 6.242816] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 6.345128] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 8.207581] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 13.684745] sky2 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 13.684892] sky2 0000:04:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 14.180411] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 14.329882] Registered led device: mmc0::
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 14.726290] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 14.804906] HDA Intel 0000:01:05.2: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 14.868788] checking generic (f0000000 1000000) vs hw (f0000000 8000000)
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.226898] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.226901] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.226906] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.226908] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.227055] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.500635] <3>1f 07 07 07 07 07 0f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 0f 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.500638] <3>07 07 07 0f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.500641] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 0f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:08 Bodacious kernel: [ 15.500643] <3>07 07 07 07 07 0f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 0f 07 07 ............
Oct 19 18:01:20 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: using hwaddr 00:23:8b:7d:be:20
Oct 19 18:01:20 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
Oct 19 18:01:20 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason NOCARRIER
Oct 19 18:01:21 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: using hwaddr 00:23:8b:7d:be:20
Oct 19 18:01:21 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason CARRIER
Oct 19 18:01:21 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: sending DISCOVER (xid 0x95c17e13), next in 3.50 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:21 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: sending REQUEST (xid 0x95c17e13), next in 4.56 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:21 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: sending ARP probe (1 of 3), next in 1.09 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:22 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: sending ARP probe (2 of 3), next in 1.15 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:23 Bodacious kernel: [ 36.759689] <3>1f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:23 Bodacious kernel: [ 36.759692] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:23 Bodacious kernel: [ 36.759696] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:23 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: sending ARP probe (3 of 3), next in 2.00 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: adding IP address 192.168.1.16/24
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: adding route to 192.168.1.0/24
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: adding default route via 192.168.1.1
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: writing lease `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.lease'
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: eth0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason BOUND
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2722]: forking to background
Oct 19 18:01:25 Bodacious dhcpcd[2916]: eth0: sending ARP announce (1 of 2), next in 2.00 seconds
Oct 19 18:01:27 Bodacious dhcpcd[2916]: eth0: sending ARP announce (2 of 2)
Oct 19 18:01:33 Bodacious kernel: [ 47.146786] <3>1f 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:33 Bodacious kernel: [ 47.146789] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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Oct 19 18:01:33 Bodacious kernel: [ 47.146792] <3>07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 ............
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