[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours
Also ran across this bug. It came up on my VMware system under a Windows 10 host, seemingly due to an issue with VMWare kicking network in and out very, very rapidly. Constant disk and CPU activity perked up as soon as I connected the VM to the host bridge, and the "network is disconnected" message came and went. The activity never stopped, I fell asleep (... yep), and when I came back to it, a new message about low disk space was there as well. I examined the drive and found this log file exploded to 11 GB. Googled it, found this thread. VMWare apparently has an issue with networking in Windows 10, where bridged networking no longer works at all even with the VMWare Bridge networking service added back after the upgrade, and with VMWare repaired with the latest installer. It's a pretty clean system but it's been upgraded from one version to the next as Ubuntu's been updated over the years. In the interest of bug-squishing, I compressed the 11GB file down to 11MB (yay, 7-Zip!), and posted it here. I'm primarily a Windows guy with fair knowledge of Linux, so hopefully this isn't a hassle to open... Dropbox has become too unreliable to use for hosting files, so I've got to post it on my OneDrive. http://1drv.ms/1pPNTjH Hope this helps! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269838 Title: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, On a fresh install of saucy 64 bits, ~/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log grows incredibly fast. 8 GB in a few hours. Worked it around with a rm as cron task. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upstart 1.10-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 16 16:02:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-10 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionCount: 1 UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.10) UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.10) upstart.upstart-file-bridge.log: Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/unicast_2dlocal_2davahi Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2dcrash Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2drelease To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1269838/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours
As it turns out... reading my own log... it had nothing to do with the network popup. Wow. It's all about Moonshine S-Off, a rather poorly written (and very user-hostile) program that tries (and often fails) to exploit an S-Off onto an HTC phone. Rumrunner actually worked properly, anyway, with a better sense of humor on the same basic code. :P Seems like it logs every line that goes onto a terminal - even if that line is just overwriting the previous one. And that's what blows up the log file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269838 Title: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, On a fresh install of saucy 64 bits, ~/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log grows incredibly fast. 8 GB in a few hours. Worked it around with a rm as cron task. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upstart 1.10-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 16 16:02:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-10 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionCount: 1 UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.10) UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.10) upstart.upstart-file-bridge.log: Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/unicast_2dlocal_2davahi Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2dcrash Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2drelease To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1269838/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours
God, I wish I could edit replies. A little more analysis, and it seems like I've thrown a little more of the puzzle together. When I tried running it, I tried opening it directly from the file browser. That did nothing. But, apparently, it did actually do "something" - it ran in the background! My guess is that it got launched in a way that it hides the terminal output and expects a GUI to be created. So it kept feeding it blank lines each time it tries prompting for input. Hence, the "Type 'Yes' or 'No'", "(Yes/No)" repeating over and over until it filled the hard drive, as well as the high CPU and disk activity around the time I was trying to run it. Also explains why I didn't have this issue when I tried fixing the networking problem later - the log file was stable after I deleted it and rebooted. So, maybe this is caused by a terminal program being launched with the file manager trying to open it as a GUI program instead of as a terminal program, then constantly sending it blank responses for each input, and the program rejects those responses in an infinite loop! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269838 Title: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, On a fresh install of saucy 64 bits, ~/.cache/upstart/gnome-session.log grows incredibly fast. 8 GB in a few hours. Worked it around with a rm as cron task. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upstart 1.10-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 16 16:02:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-10 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionCount: 1 UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.10) UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.10) upstart.upstart-file-bridge.log: Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/unicast_2dlocal_2davahi Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2dcrash Job got added /com/ubuntu/Upstart/jobs/update_2dnotifier_2drelease To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1269838/+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
