This seems to be a lot more wide-spread than just this particular package. I have found that occasionally deleting the .cache directory in my home folder seems to solve a lot of this. I keep having this file fill up a 750GB partition in less than 24 hours. Filling 750 GB, making me find the file, delete it, and then have to reboot to continue working is patently ridiculous. It's flatly unacceptable for a server and only marginally so for a workstation.
When I google for "xsession-errors filling hard drive", I get lots of hits from multiple linux distros, so this isn't isolated to Ubuntu or Debian. And the date range is quite extensive as well from 2005 to the just a few weeks ago. So this has been happening to a lot of people, with a lot of linux distributions, for a very long time. I think the fundamental solution is to change how the logging for xsession-errors behaves. Given the involvement of applications from WINE to the gnome desktop, I don't see fixing every single application as a viable solution. Too many users need help NOW and, frankly, this has been happening for at least 6 years, if not longer. That's just not right. So that brings the logic trail back around to fixing how the xsession-error log file is handled and how those error messages are logged. Suggestion #1 There should be a file size limit and once that'us s reached, it starts to overwrite. Suggestion #2 Implement the "This error repeats 147 more times" in the error log rather than logging each error. Suggestion #3 Point the log file to /dev/null by default and let the user point it elsewhere at their own risk. This is perhaps the quickest fix and easiest to implement as it is would be a slight change to the Xsession file in /etc/X11. Change the location and add some comments explaining the possible issues along with directions on how to change it back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498911 Title: nspluginwrapper fills .xsession-errors until disk space is exhausted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspluginwrapper/+bug/498911/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
