> is that specific to one of the lightdm greeters? I don't know if it's specific to unity-greeter. Maybe an Xfce / LXDE user can try the script I attached. There are also some Xubuntu users which commented on this bug.
For those who want to try my script: You should start it only just before requesting shutdown or restart. It produces a lot of output into the logfile (more time -> more output). > do you mean that it happens at logout? It happened on shutdown. It seems that makes a difference here (between logout and shutdown I mean; see comment #29). I did this: - rm ~/.goutputstream-* - start ps-log.sh: sudo -b nice -n -19 sh ./ps-log.sh - start gnome-session-quit --power-off and click on "Shutdown" (This should be the same as top-right button in Unity -> Shutdown -> Shutdown.) After restarting my computer I looked into ps-log.out: ... COMMAND gnome-session ... FILE CREATED!!! <-- This is the point where my script first sees an ~/.goutputstream-* file. COMMAND lightdm ... -- 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
