Temporary workaround: 1) sudo mv /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-housekeeping /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-housekeeping.off 2) logout and login
This needs to be redone when "gnome-settings-daemon" package is updated. I do not know if it is doing something useful for some people. Personally I feel this is some useless service which should be optional and disabled by default. I do not want or need some unknown software traversing my filesystem. I am worried about the potential privacy issues as the system logs now contain file system contents listing. The logs may be accidentally shipped outside my system for example when submitting bug reports. And it also causes system load while doing it. I have never asked it to do so! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745666 Title: gsd-housekeeping leaks file descriptors Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Apparently a process called gsd-housekeeping is periodically invoked on my Ubuntu 17.10 system. It traverses my /var/tmp for some reason. Looks like it is leaking file descriptors while doing so. My syslogs are full of error messages like the following: Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_raw_storage_iter.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_raw_storage_iter.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/basic_string.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/basic_string.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/quoted_string.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/quoted_string.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/postypes.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/postypes.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_iterator.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/stl_iterator.h': Too many open files Jan 26 20:21:42 snail gsd-housekeepin[3178]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/move.h: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/chmaa-backup/usr/include/c++/5/bits/move.h': Too many open files $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 $ apt policy gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon: Installed: 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 500 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1745666/+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
