On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:44:37PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > .xsession-error's "design" is simple. It is a Unix file to which the > Unix standard output and standard error streams get redirected. > > I am probably not qualified to architect a replacement for something as > venerable as Unix file I/O; I suggest you get in touch with Ken Thompson > and Dennis Ritchie. > > In the meantime, I have a workaround to recommend: > > $ ln -sf /dev/null $HOME/.xsession-errors
Rant aside, this does not work - the X kills itself on start if $HOME/.xsession-errors is linked to /dev/null. And deleting it afterwards doesn't make the problem disappear - it can still take arbitrary amounts of diskspace, that would be freed only after closing the file - that is, killing X. Can you at least fix it to the point that such workaround actually works ?
