[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1053217] Re: gdm leaking filehandles, causing too many open files

2013-07-23 Thread Stuart Longland
Hi, Is there any possibility of this patch being reviewed and included in the Ubuntu 10.04 series? We just had the customer at this site ring up complaining that they couldn't log in today. Turns out something reverted our patched gdm package back to the original Ubuntu one. Think: big

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1053217] [NEW] gdm leaking filehandles, causing too many open files

2012-09-19 Thread Stuart Longland
Public bug reported: At a client's site (a large mining company here in Queensland) we have a Ubuntu 10.04 virtual machine running MacroView SCADA in a dr:bd high availability cluster. Workstations connect to the server via XDMCP for control of the local plant. In the past they ran two discrete

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1053217] Re: gdm leaking filehandles, causing too many open files

2012-09-19 Thread Stuart Longland
** Patch added: The aforementioned patch for gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053217/+attachment/3324446/+files/gdm-2.30.2.is.2.30.0-filehandle-fix.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1053217] Re: gdm leaking filehandles, causing too many open files

2012-09-19 Thread Stuart Longland
Okay, I can confirm this would appear to fix the problem. Test procedure: 1. Log in remotely to the affected machine using ssh, run the following command: $ sudo watch ls -l /proc/$( pidof gdm-binary )/fd 2. Start a remote X session with that host (through Xnest, plain X, whatever)...