Same class of errors. Been happening almost forever. Computer has been rebooted in past week. Computer has had its Ubuntu version upgraded since 2015.
non-standard Packages installed often in use: Skype (current beta) SciTE text editor KeePass2 (from repo in previous Ubuntu version) user@computer:~$ uname -a Linux computer 4.4.0-101-generic #124-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 10 18:29:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Dec 4 09:54:45 computer org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[2111]: ** (zeitgeist-fts:2968): WARNING **: Unable to get info on application://nautilus-autostart.desktop Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x1689620 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x167d030 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x16977f0 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x1697690 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x1697530 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:106: (null) was not registered in RecentInfo item 0x16973b0 Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): CRITICAL **: string_strip: assertion 'self != NULL' failed Dec 4 09:54:45 computer gnome-session[2366]: (zeitgeist-datahub:2948): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_recent_info_get_application_info: assertion 'app_name != NULL' failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to zeitgeist in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1486445 Title: Lots of zeitgeist errors Status in Zeitgeist Datahub: Confirmed Status in zeitgeist package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: $ cat /var/log/syslog shows me lots of zeitgeist-related errors. My system is behaving weird lately since the upgrade from Ubuntu 14.10 to 15.04 so I am guessing this might be related. Alright, here the relevant log entries: Aug 19 19:31:49 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:26262): WARNING **: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:212: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required ... Aug 19 20:25:14 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:26262): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:132: Desktop file for "file:///home/michael-heuberger/.config/sublime-text-3/Projects/seeflow_live.sublime-project" was not found, exec: sublime_text, mime_type: application/octet-stream Aug 19 20:25:14 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:26262): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:132: Desktop file for "file:///home/michael-heuberger/binarykitchen/code/videomail.io/etc/ssl-certs/local/fake.crt" was not found, exec: google-chrome-stable, mime_type: application/pkix-cert Aug 19 20:25:14 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-datahub:26262): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:132: Desktop file for "file:///home/michael-heuberger/binarykitchen/code/webcamjs/demos/flash.html" was not found, exec: google-chrome-stable, mime_type: application/x-extension-html ... Aug 19 20:34:30 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-fts:26260): WARNING **: Unable to get info on application://gnome-terminal-server.desktop Aug 19 20:37:47 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[25838]: message repeated 2 times: [ ** (zeitgeist-fts:26260): WARNING **: Unable to get info on application://gnome-terminal-server.desktop] ... Aug 19 20:38:52 M1 org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[25838]: ** (zeitgeist-fts:26260): WARNING **: Unable to get info on application://gnome-terminal-server.desktop Any clues how to fix all that? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist-datahub/+bug/1486445/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp