[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
** Changed in: lightdm Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
Now that ubuntu uses lightdm by default, something similar should be implemented in lightdm as well. A similar request is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1108518. ** Also affects: lightdm Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
This best be discussed and fixed by upstream. Please file a bug report at bugs.kde.org. ** Changed in: kde-workspace (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
Correcting source package for kdm. ** Package changed: kdebase (Ubuntu) => kde-workspace (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: kde-workspace (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
I recall trying this fairly recently under KDE (Ubuntu Precise), and it did not preserve the symlink. So it seems this needs to be fixed in kdm as well. ** Also affects: kdebase (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: kdebase (Ubuntu Lucid) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “kdebase” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 771661] Re: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink
** Tags added: testcase -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Lucid Backports: Fix Released Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gdm” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Bug 60448 discusses the problem about ~/.xsession-errors growing unbearably large when there are buggy programs spamming it. One remedy is to allow ~/.xsession-errors to be a symlink to e. g. /dev/null or a local file, so that you can at least avoid network contention if ~ is on NFS. scm sent a first patch for this (https://launchpadlibrarian.net/70203386/gdm-session-worker.c.diff). This should be cleaned up to use g_file_test() and reported upstream. SRU TEST CASE: * Remove ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old * ln -s /tmp/xe ~/.xsession-errors * Reboot and log back in. -> Current behavior: the ~/.xsession-errors symlink gets rotated to ~/.xsession-errors.old, and a new ~/.xsession-errors is created as a regular file. -> Desired behaviour: ~/.xsession-errors remains a symlink, and the target file /tmp/xe is truncated for the new session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/771661/+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
