@mpt yes, this is still an issue on Ubuntu 14.04LTS. My /home partition fills up nearly every day (bad on an SSD also because of write amplification).
-rw-r----- 3151151104 Feb 4 13:06 gnome-session-Unity.log The log spam is useuless repetive stuff like: (putty:29947): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 67342 was not found when attempting to remove it [0x7f2468000ec8] v4l2 demux error: dequeue error: No such device [0x7f2468000ec8] v4l2 demux error: dequeue error: No such device [4757:4787:0204/130259:ERROR:connection.cc(1892)] Cookie sqlite error 13, errno 0: database or disk is full, sql: UPDATE cookies SET last_access_utc=? WHERE creation_utc=? ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- 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: New 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