Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xorg
I'm running Intrepid/Kubuntu. I'm hoping to report a couple of X.org bugs, but
before doing that I checked the log files. They were HUGE:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28685489 2008-11-02 05:07 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91736609 2008-11-01 06:13 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97730 2008-07-25 09:26 Xorg.10.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97730 2008-07-25 09:26 Xorg.10.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51670 2007-04-14 20:41 Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61263 2006-12-21 13:09 Xorg.1.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51159 2008-05-16 09:16 Xorg.9.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46080 2008-05-16 09:15 Xorg.9.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84244 2008-10-20 04:47 Xorg.failsafe.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84244 2008-10-20 04:47 Xorg.failsafe.log.old
And kdm was even worse (almost 1 gigabyte in 48 hours):
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 829730938 2008-11-02 05:07 kdm.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 387159 2008-10-31 04:58 kdm.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2678 2008-10-30 05:37 kdm.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2474 2008-10-29 05:27 kdm.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2839 2008-10-28 02:33 kdm.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3777 2008-10-27 08:18 kdm.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2910 2008-10-26 08:15 kdm.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1852 2008-10-25 16:02 kdm.log.7.gz
I suspect the really rapid growth in these files coincided with me
turning on desktop effects. But, I notice they grow pretty quickly even
with effects off.
To avoid sending you enormous files, here is what I did: I turned off desktop
effects, rebooted into "recovery mode", deleted the huge log files from a root
console, and continued with a normal (graphical) boot. I then ran "apport-cli
-f --package xorg" very shortly after boot (probably within 1 minute). My file
sizes at the moment (some minutes after running apport-cli, and perhaps only
ten minutes after booting) are now:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8459 2008-11-02 05:53 kdm.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265354 2008-11-02 05:53 Xorg.0.log
kdm.log is filling with this message:
Dac detection success
in RADEONProbeOutputModes
invalid output device for dac detection
It may also be worth noting that the "Detect RANDR (monitor) changes"
service is running.
By 24 minutes uptime, the file sizes are:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ ls -l kdm.log Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11979 2008-11-02 05:59 kdm.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 398994 2008-11-02 05:59 Xorg.0.log
I'll follow this message with these two files attached after 1 minute of
running with desktop effects turned on.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/home/username/bin:/home/username/bin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:18:38 UTC 2008
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
xkbcomp:
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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kdm.log and Xorg.0.log files become huge
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292578
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