Public bug reported: GDM, or more specifically is flooding systemd journal and /var/log/syslog via rsyslogd with gigabytes of the following messages:
Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send I noticed the problem when I started to run out of disk because /var/log/syslog was consuming more than 400GiB. I noticed that rsyslogd starts to consume a lot of CPU trying to process such volume of messages. ** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2051838 Title: /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 source package in Jammy: New Bug description: GDM, or more specifically is flooding systemd journal and /var/log/syslog via rsyslogd with gigabytes of the following messages: Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[283270]: : Jan 31 08:44:26 rivendell /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[285102]: Error: WaylandMessage::Write() too many files to send I noticed the problem when I started to run out of disk because /var/log/syslog was consuming more than 400GiB. I noticed that rsyslogd starts to consume a lot of CPU trying to process such volume of messages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/2051838/+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