** Changed in: vte
Status: Unknown => New
** Changed in: vte
Importance: Unknown => Medium
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865082
Title:
gnome-terminal writes to /tmp on every line of output
Status in Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator:
New
Status in “vte” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
STR:
1. Start xterm
2. Run "python -mpyinotify /tmp"
3. Start gnome-terminal.
4. Run some command like ls
Actual Results:
Observe a ton of IN_MODIFY lines such as
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vteD7DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteD7DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte1XDX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte1XDX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte72DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte72DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vteD7DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteD7DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte1XDX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte1XDX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vteD7DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteD7DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte1XDX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte1XDX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte72DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte72DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vteD7DX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteD7DX2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x2 maskname=IN_MODIFY name=vte1XDX2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vte1XDX2V wd=1 >
Or, when idle -
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteGFOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteGFOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteI7NF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteI7NF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteVCOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteVCOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteGFOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteGFOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteI7NF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteI7NF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteVCOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteVCOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteGFOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteGFOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteI7NF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteI7NF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteVCOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteVCOF2V wd=1 >
<Event dir=False mask=0x1 maskname=IN_ACCESS name=vteGFOF2V path=/tmp
pathname=/tmp/vteGFOF2V wd=1 >
This looks like vte code storing something. According to this question -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1830432,
"Sometimes vte creates temporary files which contains a copy of the whole
scrollback buffer, [...]".
Expected results:
Nothing is being written to this dir at this rate by gnome-terminal.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 3 09:55:29 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-30 (33 days ago)
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