This bug locked me out of a server running Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop 64-bit with the latest updates as of 3/28/2013. I only access this server via its freenx/ssh daemons. I discovered the insane disk usage by .xsession-errors.old after my nx client couldn't get past "Authenticated" during the login process. Logging in via the console, I was able to reboot the system twice, which cleared the file. This bug is still in the wild, performing DOS attacks on unsuspecting sysadmins.
I don't want to lose the log file in case it's needed for debugging. But can we please keep it from getting this big in the future? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60448 Title: .xsession-errors file grows out of control & saturates disk space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/60448/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
