See also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1830432
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430620 Title: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives) Status in vte package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) In a gnome-terminal run "sudo fatrace -f W -t" (filter for writes plus timestamps). 2) In another window cat a file to the screen. 3) Observe the activity. I see large churn on the /tmp partitition: 20:41:24.158837 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.158837 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.159268 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.159268 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.159674 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.159674 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.160171 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.160171 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.160603 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.160603 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.160919 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.160919 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.161093 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.161093 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.161545 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.161545 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.161999 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.161999 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.162447 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.162447 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.162825 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.162825 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.162899 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.162899 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.163366 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.163366 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.163817 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.163817 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.164331 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.164331 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.164729 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.164729 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.164729 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.164729 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.165219 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.165219 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.165674 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.165674 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.166128 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.166128 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.166587 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.166587 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.166660 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.166660 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.167056 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.167056 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 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gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.170354 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.170354 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.170744 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.170744 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.171222 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.171222 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.171699 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.171699 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.172114 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.172114 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.172298 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.172298 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.172617 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.172617 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173055 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173055 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173528 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173528 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173997 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.173997 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.174286 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.174286 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.174470 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.174470 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.174908 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.174908 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.175387 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.175387 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.175808 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.175808 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.176240 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.176240 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.176240 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.176240 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.176752 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.176752 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.177217 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.177217 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.177659 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.177659 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.178119 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.178119 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.178119 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.178119 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24.178584 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.178584 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.179053 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.179053 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132828 (deleted) 20:41:24.184620 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:41:24.184620 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:41:24.196022 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:41:24.196022 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:41:24.196022 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:41:24.196022 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:41:24.196503 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:41:24.196503 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) Related, but not the same: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/865082?comments=all The excessive churn eventually gets flushed to disk, affecting the lifetime of SSD drives. Normal gnome terminal operation (no cat) results in endless streams of: 20:44:25.107540 gnome-terminal(23352): RW /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:44:25.138015 gnome-terminal(23352): RW /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:44:25.138015 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:44:25.138108 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:44:25.138108 gnome-terminal(23352): RW /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:44:25.168764 gnome-terminal(23352): RW /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 20:44:25.168764 gnome-terminal(23352): RW /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:44:25.168764 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132753 (deleted) 20:44:25.168764 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132355 (deleted) 132753 is NOT the process number of the gnome-terminal. 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