Summary of previous comments: - blank files (#25, #31) or partial copies of .Xauthority (#11, #15, #26 / #28, mine too) - in Ubuntu and Xubuntu (files shown by Nautilus, Thunar and ls; no file manager problem) - created on direct shutdown (but not logout -> shutdown)
Workaround: put 'sh -c "rm ~/.goutputstream-*"' (without the single quotes) into autorun My Software: - Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 (up-to-date) - file-roller installed but usually not running (also not running on shutdown: see below) - No gtk-recordmydesktop, Dropbox or UbuntuOne. I tried to find out which software is creating these files. I used (e.g.) inotifywait (package inotify-tools) and lsof, but it didn't work out. Probably the .goutputstream-* files are open only very short (too short for my script to catch it although run with niceness -19). Then I simply logged all processes running with my UID (1000) in an endless loop (i.e. until the script was terminated because of shutdown). I'll attach the script and its shortened output (removed duplicate blocks with no changes in process list and many blocks at the beginning). The output also contains a line stating "FILE CREATED!!!" when the ~/.goutputstream-* file is created. Just before / after this gnome- session quits and lightdm is started by UID 1000 (not root as usual). I don't know, why it is started, but it is also the next process which quits. lightdm also uses the ~/.Xauthority file. See strings `which lightdm` | grep -iE 'output|xauth' and the source code of lightdm: grep -ri xauthority /path/to/source/of/lightdm-1.2.1/src/ lightdm is used by Ubuntu and Xubuntu, but not Kubuntu. This fits to the previous comments. Maybe also related: GIO (part of glib) http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.30/GOutputStream.html Get own processes using this: ps -o comm= -U 1000 -u 1000 | while read cmd; do file=$(which "$cmd") || file=$(locate -b "$cmd*"); strings -af $file | grep -E ': g.*output.*stream'; done > search.out I assume it's a problem with lightdm, but I can't fix it. I hope my information helps. ** Attachment added: "ps-log.sh" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/984785/+attachment/3155847/+files/ps-log.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984785 Title: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME. Which software or operation is creating these and why? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xauth 1:1.0.6-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia & ati ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 18 13:29:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xauth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/984785/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
