I believe your test case is missing some steps. 1. tail -f /var/lib/syslog doesn't return anything in a Xubuntu minimal ISO live session
2. Should your chown command be chown xubuntu:xubuntu /a Otherwise, I was unable to create a file in the file browser later. My systemd journal did not fill up: it only takes up 16 MB space. By the way, there is this recent post but it doesn't seem like your case matches that case: https://ignapk.blogspot.com/2025/06/taking-out-trash-or-just-sweeping-it.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debcrafters packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2115014 Title: gvfsd-trash fills my syslog Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: my /var/log/syslog grows to 8GB in one hour. It contains mainly the following lines: 2025-06-20T00:26:47.028894+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.028911+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.028937+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.028966+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.028993+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029020+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029046+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029075+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029104+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029138+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029166+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029192+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029210+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029228+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029246+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: GFileInfo created without standard::name 2025-06-20T00:26:47.029263+02:00 legolas gvfsd-trash[18361]: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1698 (g_file_info_get_name): should not be reached As you might guess, the CPU load is also high, but my main problem is that I get a "no space left" on my root volume no matter how big it is. The only workaround is regularly calling the following command: sudo truncate -s0 /var/log/syslog Pausing the process gvfsd-trash is also an option, but then desktop programs block when trying to do file operations (eg file open dialog) I recently upgraded from 22.04 to 24.04. This was the moment when this started. I didn't call any trash operations. $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Release: 24.04 Codename: noble ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: gvfs-daemons 1.54.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-60.63-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-60-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Jun 20 00:27:16 2025 ExecutablePath: /usr/libexec/gvfsd-trash SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-06-07 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/2115014/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
