I just tried to report this bug for Bionic, it informed me the package was not installed when i used fn+alt f2 ubuntu-bug gsd-housekeepin.
I have changed the computer name in the output but had a privlige issue Oct 10 01:47:36 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh kernel: [79249.397167] [UFW BLOCK]... Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-fwupd.service-mpR5zs: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-fwupd.service-mpR5zs': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-rtkit-daemon.service-OpMdvp: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-rtkit-daemon.service-OpMdvp': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-colord.service-iqprAr: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-colord.service-iqprAr': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-bolt.service-ieEFMJ: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-bolt.service-ieEFMJ': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-resolved.service-ckArYi: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-resolved.service-ckArYi': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-timesyncd.service-CdKRqO: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-timesyncd.service-CdKRqO': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-fwupd.service-Bmog5W: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-fwupd.service-Bmog5W': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-colord.service-FegyGA: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-colord.service-FegyGA': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-bolt.service-1zMUMT: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-bolt.service-1zMUMT': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-rtkit-daemon.service-PGWz5B: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-rtkit-daemon.service-PGWz5B': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-resolved.service-F7qEHy: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-resolved.service-F7qEHy': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:00 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh gsd-housekeepin[1697]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-timesyncd.service-rlCla4: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-6465a9cfaab745e3be21bfacf5191d7d-systemd-timesyncd.service-rlCla4': Permission denied Oct 10 01:48:07 Ze-C00mp7er-Name-Duh kernel: [79279.812157] [UFW BLOCK] ... Note the UFW blocks are Apple devices doing multicast traffic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745666 Title: gsd-housekeeping leaks file descriptors Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Apparently a process called gsd-housekeeping is periodically invoked on my Ubuntu 17.10 system. It traverses my /var/tmp for some reason. Looks like it is leaking file descriptors while doing so. My syslogs are full of error messages like the following: Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_raw_storage_iter.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_raw_storage_iter.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/basic_string.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/basic_string.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/quoted_string.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/quoted_string.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/postypes.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/postypes.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_iterator.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_iterator.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/move.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/move.h': Too many open files $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 $ apt policy gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon: Installed: 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1745666/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
