Re: [CentOS] Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash) [solved]

2013-10-04 Thread Frank Thommen
Problem solved: A user had configured his preferred browser to be Thunderbird(!). As soon as he clicked on a link in an email, he ended in an endless loop with TB trying to open the link with the preferred browser (aka itself) again and again. This resulted in 40 MB audit loglines/hour in

Re: [CentOS] Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash) [solved]

2013-10-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:48:01 +0200 Frank Thommen wrote: Problem solved: A user had configured his preferred browser to be Thunderbird(!). As soon as he clicked on a link in an email, he ended in an endless loop with TB trying to open the link with the preferred browser (aka itself) again

Re: [CentOS] Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash) [solved]

2013-10-04 Thread g
hi frank, On 10/04/2013 12:12 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:48:01 +0200 Frank Thommen wrote: Problem solved: A user had configured his preferred browser to be Thunderbird(!). As soon as he clicked on a link in an email, he ended in an endless loop with TB trying to open the

[CentOS] Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash)

2013-10-03 Thread Frank Thommen
Hi, on a CentOS 6.4-workstation we have the problem, that Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages faster than one can read. Within four hours the logfile grew to 160 MB and usually within 1-2 days applications and sometimes the OS crash because /var becomes full. Here a small