Looking more closely at my /var/log/upstart/ureadahead.log, this looks like memory corruption:
ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿add): Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿irqd: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿er/0: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿er/0: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿er/u: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿er/u: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿tion: Ignored relative path ureadahead: ^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿h) S: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿sche: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿hdog: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿hdog: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿tirq: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿atio: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿ker: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿ker: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿hdog: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿tirq: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿atio: Ignored relative path ureadahead:^P^P_í,<8b><97>¿ker: Ignored relative path If you squint you can make out what appear to be partial kernel thread names: hdog => watchdog/... tirq => ksoftirqd/... atio => migration/... etc. ** Attachment added: "partial /var/log/upstart/ureadahead.log (original is 8.5MB)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1085766/+attachment/3480104/+files/ureadahead-partial.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085766 Title: /var/log/upstart/ureadahead.log contains garbage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1085766/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
