The Xsession script already includes functionality for truncating the log: # truncate ERRFILE if it is too big to avoid disk usage DoS if [ "`stat -c%s \"$ERRFILE\"`" -gt 500000 ]; then T=`mktemp -p "$HOME"` tail -c 500000 "$ERRFILE" > "$T" && mv -f "$T" "$ERRFILE" || rm -f "$T" fi
However I believe this only runs at startup. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000775 Title: [12.04] [ Precise] .xsession-errors getting spammed filling up the disk. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1000775/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp