Drive full. Can't do anything in Linux.[SOLVED]

[williebthe3rd]

Greetings, to the Forum. (My 1'st post.)

I am a long time Windows XP geek who started using Linux Mint 18 about a year ago, and I LOVE IT! However, it's different enough from Windows to leave me "desperately confused" now that it's severely broken. (I can fix almost anything in Windows.)

Synopsis: I've updated the Kernel a few times since install, as I try to keep my system up to date. Suddenly, everything crashes. (As of Oct 20,2018) I did some research, and discovered to my horror that the Linux drive is "FULL". I cannot use the GUI (MATE Desktop) to delete or uninstall anything. I've tried the "sudo apt-get autoclean" and similar Terminal commands that I've seen in these Forums, but they didn't help.

My Linux partition is 52Gigs, and Windows is 64. Grub still lets me boot to either. Windows XP works (That's how I am on this Forum) but the Linux drive is 100% full. It boots, but it is unstable.

I see that the kernel.log and system.log (going from memory, may not be exact) files are both over 9 Gigs each! Can't delete them.

I don't know enough about Linux (yet) to do enough in the Terminal to fix this full drive issue.

I even tried booting my Linux Mint boot DVD to poke around, but can't delete things from the HD. (I'm sure it's for security/safety reasons.)

I assume there are instructions to help me, I just can't find what I need from thousands of "similar, but not the same" problems I find in SEARCH.

Sincere THANKS to anyone that can help me out.

Willie...

[WharfRat]

Hello Willie

Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum

Just to verify things before you do anything, boot the installation media open the terminal application and paste back the results of sudo blkid and remain in the live session.

[gm10]

I see that the kernel.log and system.log (going from memory, may not be exact) files are both over 9 Gigs each! Can't delete them.

To delete the logs, in a terminal window:

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sudo rm /var/log/kern* /var/log/syslog*

Reboot after that, which should get your system running again. But the logs are just the symptom, we need to find the cause. Therefore after the reboot, again in a terminal window:

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dmesg -Hw

to see what messages are getting spammed into the log. Ctrl+C to cancel the auto-updates.

[williebthe3rd]

Hello Willie

Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum

Just to verify things before you do anything, boot the installation media open the terminal application and paste back the results of sudo blkid and remain in the live session.

Thank you. I tried to fix it, but knew I was in over my head, so I sincerely appreciate the helpful folks here in this Forum!

I will boot to the live CD, and come back with the info you requested.

Again, THANK YOU!

Willie...

[williebthe3rd]

Here is what I have from the Terminal via the Live Session:

/dev/sda1: UUID="8618238118236EFD" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="0efa1a94-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="7a46b807-77ed-4f3c-9fa8-fe65f79c9fce" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="0efa1a94-05"
/dev/sr0: UUID="2017-11-24-14-47-32-00" LABEL="Linux Mint 18.3 MATE 64-bit" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="568a6b74" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda6: UUID="72f15a76-a1db-414e-98d0-6a679583a764" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="0efa1a94-06"

Willie...

[williebthe3rd]

I see that the kernel.log and system.log (going from memory, may not be exact) files are both over 9 Gigs each! Can't delete them.

To delete the logs, in a terminal window:

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sudo rm /var/log/kern* /var/log/syslog*

Reboot after that, which should get your system running again. But the logs are just the symptom, we need to find the cause. Therefore after the reboot, again in a terminal window:

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dmesg -Hw

to see what messages are getting spammed into the log. Ctrl+C to cancel the auto-updates.

I assume this means I need to somehow "change directory" to the actual Linux drive? In my system, that is usually /dev/sda5
I've tried a few commands to "get there" but as mentioned in my first post, Linux is different enough from DOS/Windows that I'm at a loss. It's a bit humbling to be a wiz at Windows, but have to ask "Noob" questions about Linux.

Willie...

[gm10]

I assume this means I need to somehow "change directory" to the actual Linux drive? In my system, that is usually /dev/sda5

Sorry, I was assuming you'd do that from your regular Linux install since you said you could still boot it. If you cannot get into the graphical environment, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 at the login screen for a virtual terminal.

Another possibility for you is to, at the GRUB screen (again for your regular install, not the DVD), select Advanced options and then select the topmost Recovery mode entry, and in the menu that will eventually appear select clean. Then boot regularly and check the logs.

[williebthe3rd]

While I can boot into the GUI, everything is unstable. The "drive full" warning pops up within seconds. I cannot delete or remove anything.

When I installed Linux, I oped to auto-logon, so there is no login screen. I've already tried the "restore" from GRUB, and the "clean" options that I found elsewhere, to no avail.

Willie...

[gm10]

As I said;

If you cannot get into the graphical environment, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 at the login screen for a virtual terminal.

If text mode scares you, do it from the live environment, you can do it via the file browser there.

[williebthe3rd]

As I said;

If you cannot get into the graphical environment, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 at the login screen for a virtual terminal.

If text mode scares you, do it from the live environment, you can do it via the file browser there.

There is no "login screen". Do you mean while GRUB is waiting?

Text mode doesn't scare me, I'm just not familiar enough with the commands to do much more than copy/paste them from the gurus here. (To whom I am very thankful!)

Willie...

[gm10]

There is no "login screen". Do you mean while GRUB is waiting?

I guess you've got auto-login enabled then. Well, no matter, wherever you end up, you can press Ctrl+Alt+F1 from there, it's all the same. Or, if you want to discover the login screen, press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or log out via the menu.

[williebthe3rd]

I got the system running by deleting both of those 9Gig-plus LOG files. But, this is just a bandaid, until we can find the issue.

I'll see what is in the new ones that it just created, and post it here... Hmm, it's over 144K already. I best wait for more advice, as to what I should look for, rather than try to post something that big. (At least it's not 9 Gigs anymore!)

It is great to be back into my real LINUX system, again, and have 18Gigs free.

WHEW!!!

Willie...

[gm10]

Regarding the logs, do what I said above:

But the logs are just the symptom, we need to find the cause. Therefore after the reboot, again in a terminal window:

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dmesg -Hw

to see what messages are getting spammed into the log. Ctrl+C to cancel the auto-updates.

If the log remains static, i.e. no new lines keep appearing, the problem has gone away (for now). Otherwise post the lines that keep appearing.

[williebthe3rd]

Regarding the logs, do what I said above:

But the logs are just the symptom, we need to find the cause. Therefore after the reboot, again in a terminal window:

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dmesg -Hw

to see what messages are getting spammed into the log. Ctrl+C to cancel the auto-updates.

If the log remains static, i.e. no new lines keep appearing, the problem has gone away (for now). Otherwise post the lines that keep appearing.

HOLY COW!! Whatever this is, it explains how those logs are filling up so fast... in mere SECONDS, the screen overflowed! I only copy/pasted about 1/4 of it, all the same! Something's obviously stuck in a loop!

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[  +0.000010] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use
[  +0.000010] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use
[  +0.000009] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use
[  +0.000381] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use
[  +0.000428] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use
 - - (Deleted NUMEROUS very similar lines) - - 

[williebthe3rd]

Good grief! Those logs are up to 7 gigs in mere minutes! This system won't last long at this rate!

I hope this will be an easy fix!!

EDIT: They exceeded 9 gigs WHILE I was typing that! I had to go to Terminal, and use these commands:
sudo rm /var/log/kern*
sudo rm /var/log/syslog*

Which removed them. Restarted, and the system was fine, again. Now, i did notice something... SOMETIMES, when I start Linux, my Windows partition doesn't show up. If I restart, it usually does. This instance, it was not visible, but I didn't bother rebooting. Now, it is visible, and the logs are NOT growing exponentially... they are stable at 141K and 86K. Interesting.

Also: I am using a 128G SSD, partitioned roughly in half. Windows XP has 64 Gig, and Linux has 52G available... until those logs start to go into orbit.

Willie...

[williebthe3rd]

This time, I tried the dmesg -Hw command, and got the following, which was NOT scrolling...

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[  +0.000065] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 *3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15)
[  +0.000063] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[  +0.000242] SCSI subsystem initialized
[  +0.000010] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[  +0.000000] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device
[  +0.000000] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[  +0.000000] pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: bridge control possible
[  +0.000000] vgaarb: loaded
[  +0.000000] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[  +0.000000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[  +0.000000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[  +0.000000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[  +0.000000] EDAC MC: Ver: 3.0.0
[  +0.000000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[  +0.000000] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
[  +0.000000] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0x0009c000-0x0009ffff]
[  +0.000000] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0xca9f7000-0xcbffffff]
[  +0.000000] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0xcadb7000-0xcbffffff]
[  +0.000000] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0xcb000000-0xcbffffff]
[  +0.000000] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0x12e000000-0x12fffffff]
[  +0.000000] NetLabel: Initializing
[  +0.000000] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
[  +0.000000] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4 CALIPSO
[  +0.000000] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[  +0.001886] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
[  +0.000005] hpet0: 8 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[  +0.002018] clocksource: Switched to clocksource hpet
[  +0.006161] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0
[  +0.000019] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[  +0.000088] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[  +0.000024] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[  +0.000181] system 00:00: [io  0x0680-0x069f] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:00: [io  0xffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:00: [io  0xffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:00: [io  0xffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:00: [io  0x0400-0x0453] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:00: [io  0x0458-0x047f] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:00: [io  0x0500-0x057f] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:00: [io  0x164e-0x164f] has been reserved
[  +0.000005] system 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[  +0.000025] pnp 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[  +0.000050] system 00:02: [io  0x0454-0x0457] has been reserved
[  +0.000004] system 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs INT3f0d PNP0c02 (active)
[  +0.000040] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
[  +0.000087] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0f13 (active)
[  +0.000276] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0501 (active)
[  +0.000231] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed10000-0xfed17fff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:06: [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed90000-0xfed93fff] could not be reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:06: [mem 0xfed45000-0xfed8ffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000002] system 00:06: [mem 0xff000000-0xffffffff] could not be reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:06: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfeefffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000004] system 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[  +0.000042] system 00:07: [mem 0x20000000-0x201fffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000001] system 00:07: [mem 0x40000000-0x401fffff] has been reserved
[  +0.000004] system 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[  +0.000126] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[  +0.005961] clocksource: acpi_pm: mask: 0xffffff max_cycles: 0xffffff, max_idle_ns: 2085701024 ns
[  +0.000036] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01]
[  +0.000018] pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
[  +0.000003] pci 0000:00:1c.2:   bridge window [io  0x3000-0x3fff]
[  +0.000006] pci 0000:00:1c.2:   bridge window [mem 0xe1000000-0xe19fffff]
[  +0.000006] pci 0000:00:1c.2:   bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xe09fffff 64bit pref]
[  +0.000008] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03]
[  +0.000003] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0x2000-0x2fff]
[  +0.000010] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [io  0x0d00-0xffff window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 7 [mem 0xcfa00000-0xfeafffff window]
[  +0.000002] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io  0x3000-0x3fff]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xe1000000-0xe19fffff]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xe0000000-0xe09fffff 64bit pref]
[  +0.000002] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 [io  0x2000-0x2fff]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 5 [io  0x0d00-0xffff window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[  +0.000001] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 7 [mem 0xcfa00000-0xfeafffff window]
[  +0.000077] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[  +0.000159] TCP established hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[  +0.000052] TCP bind hash table entries: 32768 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[  +0.000062] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768)
[  +0.000035] UDP hash table entries: 2048 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[  +0.000013] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 2048 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[  +0.000046] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[  +0.000019] pci 0000:00:02.0: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
[  +0.000393] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
[  +0.000030] Unpacking initramfs...
[  +0.674381] Freeing initrd memory: 52584K
[  +0.000047] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[  +0.000003] software IO TLB [mem 0xc69f7000-0xca9f7000] (64MB) mapped at [        (ptrval)-        (ptrval)]
[  +0.000244] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[  +0.000613] Initialise system trusted keyrings
[  +0.000009] Key type blacklist registered
[  +0.000025] workingset: timestamp_bits=36 max_order=20 bucket_order=0
[  +0.000912] zbud: loaded
[  +0.000386] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[  +0.000105] fuse init (API version 7.26)
[  +0.001103] Key type asymmetric registered
[  +0.000001] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered
[  +0.000022] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 246)
[  +0.000028] io scheduler noop registered
[  +0.000000] io scheduler deadline registered
[  +0.000032] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[  +0.000470] vesafb: mode is 1920x1080x32, linelength=7680, pages=0
[  +0.000000] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[  +0.000002] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[  +0.000008] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0x        (ptrval), using 8128k, total 8128k
[  +0.000061] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[  +0.000023] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[  +0.000011] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x1120
[  +0.000001] intel_idle: v0.4.1 model 0x2A
[  +0.000103] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0xffffffff
[  +0.000067] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[  +0.000008] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[  +0.000027] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1
[  +0.000022] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[  +0.000299] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 32 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[  +0.020523] 00:05: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
[  +0.021903] 0000:00:16.3: ttyS4 at I/O 0x4140 (irq = 17, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
[  +0.000358] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[  +0.001865] loop: module loaded
[  +0.000084] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.13
[  +0.000088] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
[  +0.160247] scsi host0: ata_piix
[  +0.000280] scsi host1: ata_piix
[  +0.000038] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x4130 ctl 0x4120 bmdma 0x40f0 irq 18
[  +0.000004] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x4110 ctl 0x4100 bmdma 0x40f8 irq 18
[  +0.000100] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 -- P1 -- ]
[  +0.159147] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: SCR access via SIDPR is available but doesn't work
[  +0.000321] scsi host2: ata_piix
[  +0.000199] scsi host3: ata_piix
[  +0.000033] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x40d0 ctl 0x40c0 bmdma 0x4090 irq 18
[  +0.000001] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x40b0 ctl 0x40a0 bmdma 0x4098 irq 18
[  +0.000059] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[  +0.000001] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[  +0.000065] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[  +0.000087] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[  +0.000004] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[  +0.000116] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: EHCI Host Controller
[  +0.000005] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[  +0.000011] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: debug port 2
[  +0.003884] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[  +0.000012] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io mem 0xe1a60000
[  +0.015196] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[  +0.000051] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[  +0.000002] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[  +0.000001] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[  +0.000001] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
[  +0.000001] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[  +0.000157] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[  +0.000006] hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
[  +0.000193] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: EHCI Host Controller
[  +0.000003] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[  +0.000011] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: debug port 2
[  +0.003895] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[  +0.000011] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: irq 17, io mem 0xe1a40000
[  +0.015665] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[  +0.000055] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[  +0.000001] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[  +0.000002] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[  +0.000001] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
[  +0.000001] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[  +0.000148] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[  +0.000006] hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
[  +0.000102] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver
[  +0.000006] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[  +0.000003] ohci-pci: OHCI PCI platform driver
[  +0.000006] ohci-platform: OHCI generic platform driver
[  +0.000004] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[  +0.000043] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:MOU] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[  +0.002903] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[  +0.000003] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[  +0.000189] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[  +0.000179] rtc_cmos 00:01: RTC can wake from S4
[  +0.000122] rtc_cmos 00:01: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[  +0.000027] rtc_cmos 00:01: alarms up to one year, y3k, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[  +0.000007] i2c /dev entries driver
[  +0.000004] pcie_mp2_amd: AMD(R) PCI-E MP2 Communication Driver Version: 1.0
[  +0.000047] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[  +0.000045] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.37.0-ioctl (2017-09-20) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[  +0.000005] intel_pstate: Intel P-state driver initializing
[  +0.000204] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[  +0.000427] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[  +0.004380] Segment Routing with IPv6
[  +0.000015] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[  +0.000063] Key type dns_resolver registered
[  +0.000339] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[  +0.000046] microcode: sig=0x206a7, pf=0x2, revision=0x29
[  +0.000089] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
[  +0.000008] sched_clock: Marking stable (1173508758, 0)->(1154540661, 18968097)
[  +0.000188] registered taskstats version 1
[  +0.000006] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
[  +0.002550] Loaded X.509 cert 'Build time autogenerated kernel key: 5fd1c39db3adf7bafe36fc7613e1f53b7a1a61bd'
[  +0.000016] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud
[  +0.003743] Key type big_key registered
[  +0.000003] Key type trusted registered
[  +0.001807] Key type encrypted registered
[  +0.000001] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled
[  +0.000002] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass! (rc=-19)
[  +0.000004] ima: Allocated hash algorithm: sha1
[  +0.000012] evm: HMAC attrs: 0x1
[  +0.000189]   Magic number: 6:725:856
[  +0.000094] rtc_cmos 00:01: setting system clock to 2018-10-21 22:48:45 UTC (1540162125)
[  +0.000042] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[  +0.000001] EDD information not available.
[  +0.022805] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2
[  +0.275044] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[  +0.019991] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[  +0.136717] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[  +0.000002] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  +0.000418] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[  +0.000196] hub 1-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
[  +0.019057] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[  +0.000004] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  +0.000318] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[  +0.000176] hub 2-1:1.0: 8 ports detected
[  +0.091172] ata1.00: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[  +0.000013] ata1.01: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[  +0.002802] ata1.00: ATA-11: PNY CS900 120GB SSD, CS900211, max UDMA/133
[  +0.000001] ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[  +0.000004] ata1.01: ATAPI: ATAPI   iHAS324   F, CL8M, max UDMA/133
[  +0.000610] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  +0.004544] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3092.974 MHz
[  +0.000007] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x2c955ac38be, max_idle_ns: 440795348546 ns
[  +0.000169] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/133
[  +0.011110] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      PNY CS900 120GB  0211 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[  +0.000306] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[  +0.010656] scsi 0:0:1:0: CD-ROM            ATAPI    iHAS324   F      CL8M PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[  +0.000040] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte logical blocks: (120 GB/112 GiB)
[  +0.038248] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[  +0.000002] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[  +0.039977] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[  +0.007031] sr 0:0:1:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[  +0.000002] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[  +0.000192] sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[  +0.000064] sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[  +0.006896]  sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 >
[  +0.001005] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[  +0.072242] usb 2-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[  +0.060025] ata2.00: failed to resume link (SControl 0)
[  +0.053703] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c404
[  +0.000002] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  +0.000001] usb 2-1.1: Product: Trackball
[  +0.000001] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Logitech
[  +0.078283] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[  +0.109632] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=043d, idProduct=01fc
[  +0.000004] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  +0.000002] usb 2-1.2: Product: Lexmark S410 Series
[  +0.000003] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Lexmark International
[  +0.000002] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 444811990B54N
[  +0.534536] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[  +0.263814] ata2.01: failed to resume link (SControl 0)
[  +0.011196] ata2.00: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 0)
[  +0.000013] ata2.01: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 0)
[  +0.002005] Freeing unused kernel memory: 2408K
[  +0.014780] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 20480k
[  +0.000559] Freeing unused kernel memory: 2008K
[  +0.003482] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1884K
[  +0.006249] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[  +0.000001] x86/mm: Checking user space page tables
[  +0.005931] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[  +0.010017] random: systemd-udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[  +0.000075] random: systemd-udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[  +0.000010] random: systemd-udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[  +0.037257] pps_core: LinuxPPS API ver. 1 registered
[  +0.000001] pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
[  +0.001032] PTP clock support registered
[  +0.002706] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[  +0.002296] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
[  +0.000001] e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
[  +0.000200] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: Interrupt Throttling Rate (ints/sec) set to dynamic conservative mode
[  +0.002809] usb-storage 2-1.2:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  +0.011409] scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1.2:1.2
[  +0.000069] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[  +0.000713] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[  +0.000001] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[  +0.012430] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[  +0.000216] input: Logitech Trackball as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.0/0003:046D:C404.0001/input/input5
[  +0.000071] hid-generic 0003:046D:C404.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Trackball] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1/input0
[  +0.000103] hid-generic 0003:043D:01FC.0002: hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Device [Lexmark International Lexmark S410 Series] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input3
[  +0.061336] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 0000:00:19.0 (uninitialized): registered PHC clock
[  +0.087638] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 5c:f9:dd:70:85:be
[  +0.000001] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[  +0.000035] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: MAC: 10, PHY: 11, PBA No: E041FF-0FF
[  +0.000612] [drm] Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M
[  +0.000002] checking generic (d0000000 7f0000) vs hw (d0000000 10000000)
[  +0.000000] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA
[  +0.000020] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[  +0.000034] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 enp0s25: renamed from eth0
[  +0.000026] [drm] Replacing VGA console driver
[  +0.005784] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[  +0.000002] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[  +0.002473] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[  +0.002832] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20171023 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[  +0.000434] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
[  +0.000259] acpi device:01: registered as cooling_device4
[  +0.000061] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6
[  +0.063948] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[  +0.000047] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[  +0.000024] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[  +0.289714] random: fast init done
[  +0.051062] raid6: sse2x1   gen()  8717 MB/s
[  +0.048001] raid6: sse2x1   xor()  6788 MB/s
[  +0.048000] raid6: sse2x2   gen() 10967 MB/s
[  +0.047998] raid6: sse2x2   xor()  7843 MB/s
[  +0.048003] raid6: sse2x4   gen() 12658 MB/s
[  +0.047997] raid6: sse2x4   xor()  9527 MB/s
[  +0.000000] raid6: using algorithm sse2x4 gen() 12658 MB/s
[  +0.000001] raid6: .... xor() 9527 MB/s, rmw enabled
[  +0.000001] raid6: using ssse3x2 recovery algorithm
[  +0.002978] xor: automatically using best checksumming function   avx       
[  +0.015218] Btrfs loaded, crc32c=crc32c-intel
[  +0.198272] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[  +0.001671] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Lexmark  USB Mass Storage  200 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[  +0.006031] scsi 4:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Lexmark  USB Mass Storage  200 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[  +0.000232] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[  +0.000137] sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[  +0.035613] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  +0.036069] sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  +0.084094] systemd[1]: systemd 229 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN)
[  +0.019818] systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64.
[  +0.000217] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <WPHA-Quad>.
[  +0.132753] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[  +0.000064] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[  +0.000058] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Audit Socket.
[  +0.000018] systemd[1]: Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket.
[  +0.000020] systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket.
[  +0.000025] systemd[1]: Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[  +0.000030] systemd[1]: Started Trigger resolvconf update for networkd DNS.
[  +0.037202] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[  +0.005074] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[  +0.005087] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
[  +0.135978] parport0: irq 7 detected
[  +0.025838] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[  +0.006018] systemd-journald[360]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[  +0.063640] lp0: using parport0 (polling).
[  +0.007403] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[  +0.000960] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047F (\PMIO) (20170831/utaddress-247)
[  +0.000006] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[  +0.000002] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20170831/utaddress-247)
[  +0.000003] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[  +0.000000] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20170831/utaddress-247)
[  +0.000003] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[  +0.000001] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20170831/utaddress-247)
[  +0.000002] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[  +0.000001] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[  +0.017955] gameport gameport0: EMU10K1 is pci0000:03:02.1/gameport0, io 0x2020, speed 889kHz
[  +0.020086] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 3 fixed counters, 163840 ms ovfl timer
[  +0.000002] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp0-core 2^-16 Joules
[  +0.000000] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain package 2^-16 Joules
[  +0.000001] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp1-gpu 2^-16 Joules
[  +0.009978] AVX version of gcm_enc/dec engaged.
[  +0.000001] AES CTR mode by8 optimization enabled
[  +0.026515] dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
[  +0.026751] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[  +0.017837] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[  +0.000001] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[  +0.000001] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[  +0.000003] intel_rapl: RAPL package 0 domain package locked by BIOS
[  +0.212969] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: ALC269VB: SKU not ready 0x411111f0
[  +0.000535] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC269VB: line_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[  +0.000001] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    speaker_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[  +0.000002] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[  +0.000001] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[  +0.000001] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    inputs:
[  +0.000001] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:      Rear Mic=0x19
[  +0.000001] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:      Front Mic=0x18
[  +0.000158] usblp 2-1.2:1.1: usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x043D pid 0x01FC
[  +0.000024] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[  +0.012281] input: HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[  +0.000042] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[  +0.000035] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[  +0.000032] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[  +0.000034] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[  +0.079584] Adding 4071420k swap on /dev/sda6.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:4071420k SSFS
[  +0.204315] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cups-browsed" pid=838 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000806] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=836 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000003] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=836 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000002] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper" pid=836 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000002] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=836 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000177] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/ippusbxd" pid=840 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000375] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=839 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000003] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=839 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000002] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd//third_party" pid=839 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.000111] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162129.738:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session" pid=835 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  +0.076631] new mount options do not match the existing superblock, will be ignored
[  +0.288121] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s25: link is not ready
[  +0.216341] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s25: link is not ready
[  +2.897842] e1000e: enp0s25 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
[  +0.000047] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp0s25: link becomes ready
[  +0.956948] random: crng init done
[  +0.000012] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[  +0.779664] kauditd_printk_skb: 3 callbacks suppressed
[  +0.000001] audit: type=1400 audit(1540162134.954:15): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1929 comm="serial" capability=21  capname="sys_admin"
[  +0.017081] usblp1: removed
[  +0.002608] usblp 2-1.2:1.1: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x043D pid 0x01FC
[  +3.363081] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[  +0.000138] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[  +0.005368] vboxdrv: Found 4 processor cores
[  +0.021198] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 3092962918 Hz
[  +0.000001] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 5.1.38_Ubuntu (interface 0x002a0000)
[  +0.004627] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
[  +0.004291] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
[  +0.004419] VBoxPciLinuxInit
[  +0.002150] vboxpci: IOMMU not found (not registered)

Hey, thanks WharfRat! Now I know how to do that for the next time I post a big block of text!

Willie...

[gm10]

[ +0.000010] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use

Ok, good. So this tells us the process causing this is demond_nscan. According to google this belongs to some lexmark printer/scanner driver, but I could not find the package this belongs to in the official repositories, so I assume you found this driver elsewhere. Pretty much all google hits were about exactly the problem you were describing by the way so I guess this driver is just bad.

Try

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apt contains $(which demond_nscan)

that should hopefully give you the name of the package.
then use that name to get rid of the driver:

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apt purge packagename

If you actually need the driver you can try re-installing it I guess, maybe it will work better then, or try to find a working version of that driver.

[williebthe3rd]

[ +0.000010] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 1721 (demond_nscan) did not claim interface 3 before use

Ok, good. So this tells us the process causing this is demond_nscan. According to google this belongs to some lexmark printer/scanner driver, but I could not find the package this belongs to in the official repositories, so I assume you found this driver elsewhere. Pretty much all google hits were about exactly the problem you were describing by the way so I guess this driver is just bad.

Try

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apt contains $(which demond_nscan)

that should hopefully give you the name of the package.
then use that name to get rid of the driver:

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apt purge packagename

If you actually need the driver you can try re-installing it I guess, maybe it will work better then, or try to find a working version of that driver.

All I can say is... WOW! THANK YOU! That's very helpful to get me going in the right direction! I did, indeed, fairly recently TRY to get my Lexmark scanner working! (The printer works fine, but the scanner is completely "invisible" to Linux.)

What's odd is the intermittent nature of this stupid thing! Sometimes it does this, and sometimes it doesn't. I guess having a quad-core 3GHz CPU & a SATA2 SSD are a mixed blessing! It's so stinking fast, it can explode those LOG files to multiple gigabytes in mere minutes, and the system doesn't even become noticeably slower while it's happening!

Anyway, I tried your commands, and this is what I got:
(BEGIN QUOTE)
willie@WPHA-Quad ~ $ apt contains $(which demond_nscan)
dpkg-query: error: --search needs at least one file name pattern argument

Use --help for help about querying packages.
(END QUOTE)

I'll see if I can find the dumb thing in the package manager. If not, I'll check this Forum for more before I hit the sheets for the night.

Again, THANK YOU! This was useful info!

Willie...

[gm10]

Actually my bad, just run it like this, that will also get you the package name, the which part wasn't really necessary:

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apt contains demond_nscan

Then do the

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apt purge packagename

[williebthe3rd]

Actually my bad, just run it like this, that will also get you the package name, the which part wasn't really necessary:

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apt contains demond_nscan

Then do the

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apt purge packagename

I probably got rid of it with the Package Manager, earlier. I searched for "Lexmark" and found one with USB in it, that didn't have the word "printer". Now, when I just ran your corrected command, this was the result:

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willie@WPHA-Quad ~ $ apt contains demond_nscan
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *demond_nscan*
(END QUOTE)

Now, if only I could resolve why the Windows partition doesn't always show up. I have it set to auto-mount, and it usually works. I think that will need a new thread, tho.

THANKS AGAIN!

Willie...