strange files created in $HOME

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I'm on 12.04 LTS , recently I've observed that some strange files like
> ".goutputstream-AXYZ" are often created, which are normal text file with
> nothing in it
>
> what is the purpose of that file creation ???
>
> does anyone facing this problem ????

It is a bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/984785

It might be related with performing a shutdown command without logging
out previously.

L.


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Lucio M. Nicolosi, Eng.
Open Source Implementation
System and Applications
GNU/Linux