This affect me too. /var/log/syslog fills up until my disk runs out of space.
Steps to recreate: - open a video in VLC - pause the video - suspend computer - un-suspend computer I see these errors in syslog: Sep 11 19:01:04 SOL Thunar.desktop[12293]: [00007f04e809acb0] vdpau_chroma filter error: video mixer features failure: An invalid handle value was provided. Sep 11 19:01:04 SOL Thunar.desktop[12293]: [00007f04e809acb0] vdpau_chroma filter error: video mixer attributes failure: An invalid handle value was provided. The errors stop after closing VLC. My .xsession-error file is very short, ~20 lines and several years old. * OS: Ubuntu 18.04 * kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.15.0-115-generic * VLC 3.0.8 * gpu: Nvidia GTX 970 * nvidia driver installed: 450.66 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1846374 Title: Having a video playing/paused when switched to another user generates gigabytes of error logs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1846374/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs