Bug#818634: xserver-xorg-core: system log flooded by GetModeLine messages

2016-03-21 Thread Julien Cristau 
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 15:58:46 +0800, Anthony Fok wrote:

> So, is a fix forthcoming, soon?  If not, I am more than happy to make a NMU
> today.
> 
A fix will presumably be in 1.18.3, whenever that happens.

Cheers,
Julien

Bug#818634: xserver-xorg-core: system log flooded by GetModeLine messages

2016-03-21 Thread Anthony Fok 
On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:43:13 +0100 Julien Cristau 
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

Bug#818634: xserver-xorg-core: system log flooded by GetModeLine messages

2016-03-19 Thread Julien Cristau 
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

Bug#818634: xserver-xorg-core: system log flooded by GetModeLine messages

2016-03-18 Thread Alberto Garcia 
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

Berto

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core depends on:
ii  keyboard-configuration1.139
ii  libaudit1 1:2.4.5-1+b1
ii  libc6 2.22-3
ii  libdbus-1-3   1.10.8-1
ii  libdrm2   2.4.67-1
ii  libegl1-mesa  11.1.2-1
ii  libepoxy0 1.3.1-1
ii  libgbm1   11.1.2-1
ii  libgcrypt20   1.6.5-2
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  11.1.2-1
ii  libpciaccess0 0.13.4-1
ii  libpixman-1-0 0.33.6-1
ii  libselinux1   2.4-3+b1
ii  libsystemd0   229-2
ii  libudev1  229-2
ii  libxau6   1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6 1:1.1.2-1.1
ii  libxfont1 1:1.5.1-1
ii  libxshmfence1 1.2-1
ii  udev  229-2
ii  xserver-common2:1.18.2-1

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri  11.1.2-1
ii  libpam-systemd   229-2

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core suggests:
ii  xfonts-100dpi1:1.0.4+nmu1
ii  xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.4+nmu1
ii  xfonts-scalable  1:1.0.3-1.1

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