Public bug reported: after software update, i got notification on disk full. investigating it, i found that the var/log/syslog got to around 250GB. I deleted the log file, and a couple of hours later it again reached this size. The log contains a lot of:
Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: == Stack trace for context 0x55c4b0f2e1a0 == Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 gjs[2380]: Attempting to run a JS callback during garbage collection. This is most likely caused by destroying a Clutter actor or GTK widget with ::destroy signal connected, or using the destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs. Because it would crash the application, it has been blocked. Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: #0 55c4b0fddcf0 i /home/lilo/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gsconn...@andyholmes.github.io/service/daemon.js:729 (20feacc8d178 @ 963) Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 gjs[2380]: The offending callback was SourceFunc(). Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: == Stack trace for context 0x55c4b0f2e1a0 == Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: #0 55c4b0fddcf0 i /home/lilo/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gsconn...@andyholmes.github.io/service/daemon.js:729 (20feacc8d178 @ 963) Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 gjs[2380]: Attempting to run a JS callback during garbage collection. This is most likely caused by destroying a Clutter actor or GTK widget with ::destroy signal connected, or using the destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs. Because it would crash the application, it has been blocked. Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 gjs[2380]: The offending callback was SourceFunc(). Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: == Stack trace for context 0x55c4b0f2e1a0 == Jan 26 19:57:39 stitch-xps-15-9560 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[2380]: #0 55c4b0fddcf0 i /home/lilo/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gsconn...@andyholmes.github.io/service/daemon.js:729 (20feacc8d178 @ 963) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-40.45~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Jan 26 21:00:24 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-11 (15 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.7+git20201123-0.20.04.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1913337 Title: syslog filled with over 200GB of logs in a matter of hours - suspect related to gsconnect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1913337/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs