On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:43:13 +0100 Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 00:48:15 +0200, Alberto Garcia wrote: > > > Package: xserver-xorg-core > > Version: 2:1.18.2-1 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: upstream patch > > > > Hey, > > > > the system journal is being flooded by thousands of 'GetModeLine ...' > > messages. > > > > This problem was reported in Fedora a couple of days ago: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318545 > > > > Here's the upstream fix: > > > > https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=75eecf28ae3709181a51571132b0accd9cae316e > > > Well, the fix is to stop using xf86vidmode... > > Cheers, > Julien
So, is a fix forthcoming? It is not just a minor annoyance: the flooding log messages are simultaneously written to /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/user.log, not only thrashing the hard drive and slowing down the system, but also quickly growing to hundreds and thousands of megabytes in size, easily filling up a smaller hard drive within a short period of time. And it is not just going to affect a handful of users. I suppose that is why Fedora uploaded a fix within 32 hours of receiving the initial bug report. So, is a fix forthcoming, soon? If not, I am more than happy to make a NMU today. Many thanks, Anthony