I have 1 dated from January, and the rest (all empty) from the moment I installed Precise:
$ ls -trl .goutputstream-* -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jan 29 04:28 .goutputstream-G3GV8V -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 3 20:58 .goutputstream-SE2CFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 3 22:42 .goutputstream-B128EW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 4 14:40 .goutputstream-786GFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 4 16:51 .goutputstream-XALXEW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 7 01:46 .goutputstream-XDR1EW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 7 08:50 .goutputstream-4U3TFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 7 18:07 .goutputstream-H4EIFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 8 19:16 .goutputstream-A1UPFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 10 19:10 .goutputstream-FJDRFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 12 15:36 .goutputstream-TXCTFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 13 16:08 .goutputstream-YE6MFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 15 18:43 .goutputstream-0RVYFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 16 13:58 .goutputstream-PQ3OFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 18 02:11 .goutputstream-GV7XFW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 21 02:20 .goutputstream-ENX9FW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 22 02:21 .goutputstream-8X5EGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 23 04:46 .goutputstream-HEW7FW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 24 14:36 .goutputstream-YE7KGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 25 14:48 .goutputstream-8DOBGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 25 19:04 .goutputstream-3ZDCGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 27 08:47 .goutputstream-HAXDGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 27 17:14 .goutputstream-609JGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 28 01:26 .goutputstream-RHQKGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 28 08:48 .goutputstream-SK3GGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 29 20:14 .goutputstream-9NVEGW -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 Jun 30 04:36 .goutputstream-FWUQGW -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984785 Title: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in X.Org X server: New Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME. Which software or operation is creating these and why? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xauth 1:1.0.6-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia & ati ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 18 13:29:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xauth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/984785/+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
