Hi everyone, I have the same problem. The solution to avoid the log flooding the entire disk is to place this line in the root cron (sudo crontab -e): */1 * * * * [[ $(tail /mnt/data/system/var/log/syslog | grep -vi "cron" | grep "The offending callback was SourceFunc().") ]] && kill -HUP $(pidof gnome-shell)
This greps the last lines of the log every minute and triggers a restart of gnome-shell if the offending callback is found. None of the current applications are killed (except gnome-shell) which is convenient. If you are limited in space, I would recommend to run the command every 30s or less. Source of this is available here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME /gnome-shell/-/issues/1868#note_1050922 Hope this helps. EDIT: By the way, here are information related to my system: - Ubuntu 20.04.2 - 5.4.0-73-generic #82-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 17:39:42 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - GNOME Shell 3.36.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908429 Title: gnome-shell fills syslog: Attempting to run a JS callback during garbage collection. This is most likely caused by destroying a Clutter actor or GTK widget with ::destroy signal connected, or using the destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs. Because it would crash the application, it has been blocked. The offending callback was SourceFunc(). Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Issue is explained in detail here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME /gnome-shell/-/issues/1868 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Wed Dec 16 18:56:56 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-01 (258 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1908429/+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
