I'm experiencing this same issue as well. Syslog grew to >100GB
overnight.
My configuration:
- Fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1
- HP z800 workstation with 2x Xeon X5680
- NVidia GTX 1070 Ti w/ 3 screens attached
I need to stick with LTS releases but if there is a way to install a
particular
One other bit of info I thought about that could be contributing is my
horizontal monitor is hooked up to a cheap 4 port HDMI switch (not a
true KVM switch, it's HDMI only). This seems to cause the monitor to
flicker back and forth during boot / loading the splash page as it looks
(to my untrained
I just got hit with this bug as well. Fresh Ubuntu 18.10 install on a
Desktop (Ryzen 2995x, 32GB RAM, Vega 64, 250GB NVMe /, and 1TB Evo 860
SSD /home) with two monitors (1 vertical using DP, and one horizontal
using HDMI), only thing I did post install was install a few flatpaks
from flathub
Yeah, I forgot to mention I can't reproduce this bug either... which
reminds me to go looking in the fix to see if there's any hint.
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@experimancer it is not correct to say that this problem affects all
18.04 and 18.10 installations, none of mine are seriously affected by
it. It seems it only affects a small minority. This does not change
the fact that for those affected it is a serious issue that needs to be
addressed but it
I suspect it's just a matter of no one else on the Desktop team is aware
of this bug. To remedy that, I have already put it on their TODO list
here: https://trello.com/c/17nGGFFL
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Thanks @vanvugt for telling us that in which gnome-shell versions the
bug will be fixed.
However, this doesn't help us running Ubuntu 18.04 or 18.10 in
production now, both systems are unusable cause after about 15 to 60
minutes minutes of inactivity during which the lock-screen kicks in the
I don't understand this logic. So all of us using 18.04 LTS will have to
live with this? Doesn't long term support indicate that this will get
fixed?
There's no workaround?
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Ubuntu 19.04 will get the fix (in future, some time) via gnome-shell
version 3.31.2 or later.
Ubuntu 18.10 will get the fix (in future, some time) via gnome-shell
version 3.30.2 or later.
Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't seem to have the fix committed yet (gnome-3-28).
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Hi all,
In Ubuntu 18.10 this bug is still here, my /var/log/syslog went to 38 GB
in two hours.
$ uname -a
Linux plutot 4.18.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 09:04:24 UTC 2018
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dpkg -l |grep gnome-shell
ii chrome-gnome-shell 10.1-1 all GNOME Shell extensions
Hi All,
any progress here ?
Thanks
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gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries with stack
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Thanks for the update, Daniel! I am eagerly waiting. Switched of gnome-
shell and would love to come back.
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Sounds like a fix, thanks.
Fix committed upstream, scheduled for release in gnome-shell 3.30.2 or
3.31.x, whichever happens first.
** Description changed:
+ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/602
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I'm seeing a several gigs (more than 70GB) a day of the following
With some digging on the gnome gitlab i've actually found what looks
like an existing bug report:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/602
Looks like a fix was merged https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-
shell/merge_requests/243 a week ago.
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I'm sorry, I no longer use Ubuntu on my machines. But I can confirm this
happened to me when the lockscreen is active.
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Thanks. That seems to agree with comment #31.
** Summary changed:
- gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries (stack traces ending
in osdWindow.js:206/207)
+ gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries with stack traces
ending in osdWindow.js (lines 206/207 in bionic,
Reinstalled the same NUC with 18.10, installed package updates &
rebooted.
Relevant syslog attached, detail starts at timestamp Oct 29 15:32:28
when installation was locked.
The stack traces appear to occur every 10 seconds once locked when
checking the output of "grep osdWindow.js syslog".
We know 18.04 has this bug.
If anyone experiences it in 18.10 then please also paste some output of
it here so we can see how the bug has changed in the new release.
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I can also confirm that this is lock-screen related as it starts logging
as soon as the screen is locked and stops when un-locked.
No notifications are evident.
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I can confirm that this bug still exists in 18.04.
In my case in a completely fresh install with nothing added / configured
except for chromium being installed (and packages updated).
Installed Friday afternoon and came back in to work Monday to find the
disk full as per the original report.
Hi All,
any progress here ?
Thanks
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Angel, if you can then please confirm what lines of code you are seeing
on 18.10.
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Hi Daniel,
thanks, no gnome-shell extensions installed
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Apologies, this is indeed still happening in 18.10.
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Mathieu,
Hmm, same source file osdWindow.js but different lines of code 223-224.
And the callers are the same as this bug. So it sounds like the same bug
in 18.10 but the line of code has moved.
Please verify that you do not have any gnome-shell extensions installed?
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Here is it:
athieu@PC1:/var/log$ tail -100 syslog
Oct 16 17:33:33 PC1 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1993]: #2 7fffb8a304b0 I
self-hosted:977 (7fa2facf01f0 @ 413)
Oct 16 17:33:33 PC1 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1993]: #3 7fffb8a30560 I
resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:128 (7fa2facc18b0
and:
mathieu@PC1:/var/log$ uname -a
Linux PC1 4.18.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 11 15:13:55 UTC 2018 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Mathieu,
Please paste an example of the errors you see in 18.10 so we can verify
it's the same bug.
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I've upgraded to 18.10 the problem is still there ...
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** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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It's been removed from 18.10.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:51 PM Daniel van Vugt <
daniel.van.v...@canonical.com> wrote:
> Is anyone seeing this bug in Ubuntu 18.10 or is it already fixed there?
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gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands
One of my workstations has this too. Which information is necessary for
a fix?
gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.28.3
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Same issue, not as severe regarding disk space. No extensions active.
# NOTE: will only grep first line of stacktracce
journalctl -m | grep osdWindow.js | wc -l
3597
gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.28.3
Oct 8 11:15:02 computer gnome-shell[2515]: Object St.Icon (0x55a64961dc90),
has been
Same issue here. Filled up hard drive pretty quickly and I have a 512GB
SSD
Sep 16 11:15:27 brix-pro org.gnome.Shell.desktop[26988]: #0 0x7ffe78ba8ab0 I
resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdWindow.js:207 (0x7f49884c7780 @ 273)
Sep 16 11:15:27 brix-pro org.gnome.Shell.desktop[26988]: #1
I have the same issue.
I am rotating syslog hourly - which isn't ideal but mitigates the
problem for now.
Sep 9 19:48:58 tsunami org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1920]: == Stack trace for
context 0x55813e634330 ==
Sep 9 19:48:58 tsunami org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1920]: #0 0x7ffd6a265310 I
I am seeing this happen here, as well. Though my disk space issue isn't
anywhere near as dire.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2018-08-05 19-37-57.png"
I am facing this issue too. Is there a workaround as I have very limited
disk space and this is killing it!
Aug 2 09:09:03 Bantam1 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1532]: == Stack trace for
context 0x55c6d5f34330 ==
Aug 2 09:09:03 Bantam1 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1532]: #0 0x7ffc8ee86540 I
Gijs,
Yours seems to be a different bug (mostly ending at messageList.js), so
please open a new bug for that.
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Confirming this bug, also affects me.
We need an hotfix ASAP as this also leads to unbootable computers if
root fs fills up (boot process hangs on starting of GDM, which might
need to create some files).
Had system locked from thursday afternoon till this morning, 38 gig
syslog, completely
km,
Yours is a different bug, with most of the stacks ending in:
userWidget.js:59
Please first try removing any additional gnome-shell extensions you have
installed (they won't appear in the dpkg -l list). If that doesn't help
then open a new bug by running:
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My syslog is filling up too. Is this the same bug, or do I need to open
a new one?
This is Ubuntu 18.04 with gnome-shell
$ dpkg -l |grep gnome-shell
ii chrome-gnome-shell 10-1
all GNOME Shell extensions
I realize I don't know that much about what's going on under the hood,
but it seems to have slowed considerably for me. I was on vacation for a
week in the middle, and since getting back (and perhaps some updates?),
it doesn't seem to be as big an issue any more.
Let me know if there's any
In Ubuntu 18.10 I am seeing almost zero log messages and no bug... It's
the same version of gnome-shell as in 18.04: 3.28.1-0ubuntu2
Michael, do you have any notifications pending when the problem occurs
(as strangedata mentions in comment #9)?
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Confirming bug.
Ubuntu 18.04
GNOME Shell 3.28.1
The problem seems to occur on lock screen... Having about +3-5M of
syslog weight per 10 sec of the lock screen.
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Yes, that seems to be the same bug as this.
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I'm having a similar issue. Not sure if it's the same bug or not, as my
logs are slightly different. I installed 18.04 on a new ssd two days
ago. Each time I come back to my machine after leaving it idle, I find
my harddrive is full, and syslog has grown to 9-10GB.
The repeating entry looks like:
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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OK. FYI here is the offending source code:
_relayout() {
/* assume 110x110 on a 640x480 display and scale from there */
let monitor = Main.layoutManager.monitors[this._monitorIndex];
if (!monitor)
return; // we are about to be removed
let scalew =
I don't see many popups, just a few gnome-shell notifications (mounted
USB stick, etc).
It does persist after rebooting. Rebooted many times since the upgrade.
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It's interesting osdWindow.js appears at the top of the stacks.
Do you see any overlay/popups very often?
Does the problem persist after rebooting?
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Just to confirm, from the time I've disabled the extension yesterday
'till now, about 80GB of log has been generated:
du -sh syslog*
28G syslog
49G syslog.1
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** Summary changed:
- gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries
+ gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries (stack traces ending
in osdWindow.js:206/207)
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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Hi,
I've disabled the extension today, and there are no listed extensions
running:
gsettings get org.gnome.shell enabled-extensions
@as []
But I'm still seeing tons of messages in syslog, about 2GB on the last 4
hours:
May 24 16:30:27 fc553042 org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1465]: #0 0x7ffc8f400140 I
As other people don't seem to be reporting this bug, and it seems to be
a major bug, I wonder if it's caused by the extension "pidgin-
persistent-notification".
Please try removing the shell extension "pidgin-persistent-notification"
from your machine.
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** Description changed:
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