xsession-errors file has gone rabid, eating up all the free disk space
Bret Busby
bret.busby at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 20:05:36 UTC 2020
The distribution and version of Ubuntu, is UbuntuMATE 20.04 .
In the .xsession-errors file, in my home directory, is the following;
"
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting
_=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
mate-session[9661]: WARNING: Unable to find provider '' of required
component 'dock'
Window manager warning: Log level 128: unsetenv() is not thread-safe
and should not be used after threads are created
Window manager warning: Log level 128: Name
com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar does not exist on the session bus
(nm-applet:11903): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:41:25.416: Can't set a parent on
widget which has a parent
(caja:11419): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:41:26.460: Failed to register client:
GDBus.Error:org.gnome.SessionManager.AlreadyRegistered: Unable to
register client
(nm-applet:11903): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:41:26.519: gtk_widget_destroy:
assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(nm-applet:11903): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:41:26.519: gtk_widget_destroy:
assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(nm-applet:11903): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:41:26.544: Can't set a parent on
widget which has a parent
(process:12212): indicator-sound-WARNING **: 03:41:27.261:
volume-control-pulse.vala:744: Unable to connect to dbus server at
'unix:path=/run/user/1000/pulse/dbus-socket': Could not connect: No
such file or directory
blueman-applet 03.41.31 WARNING PluginManager:147 __load_plugin: Not
loading PPPSupport because its conflict has higher priority
blueman-applet 03.41.31 WARNING PluginManager:147 __load_plugin: Not
loading DhcpClient because its conflict has higher priority
(process:12145): Indicator-Datetime-WARNING **: 03:41:33.962:
Unrecognized TZID: 'Etc/Utc'
(process:12145): Indicator-Datetime-WARNING **: 03:41:33.962:
Unrecognized TZID: 'Etc/Utc'
(process:12145): Indicator-Datetime-WARNING **: 03:41:33.962:
Unrecognized TZID: 'Etc/Utc'
INFO:root:The HUD is disabled via org.mate.hud in gsettings.
RuntimeError: object at 0x7fef5ac566c0 of type RenameMenu is not initialized
RuntimeError: object at 0x7fef5ac56340 of type FolderColorMenu is not
initialized
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Visible region is null
Refusing to render service to dead parents.
RuntimeError: object at 0x7fef5ac566c0 of type RenameMenu is not initialized
RuntimeError: object at 0x7fef5ac56340 of type FolderColorMenu is not
initialized
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: b"['$HOME']\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: b"['$HOME']\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: b"['$HOME']\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: b"['$HOME']\n"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
"
The text
"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 156, in
get_file_items
include_paths = self.dejadup.get_dejadup_paths('include-list')
File "/usr/share/caja-python/extensions/dejadup.py", line 70, in
get_dejadup_paths
paths = ast.literal_eval([stdout][0]) # Convert shell dump to list
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 96, in literal_eval
return _convert(node_or_string)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 95, in _convert
return _convert_signed_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 74, in _convert_signed_num
return _convert_num(node)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/ast.py", line 66, in _convert_num
raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
ValueError: malformed node or string: b"['$HOME']\n"
"
is repeating in an endless loop, with the xsession-errors file
increasing in size by a kB about every second.
The file had got to about 18.5GB when it wiped out my home directory free space.
The error message should not be being endlessly repeated, and, being
written to the error file in an endless loop, should it?
In order to prevent whatever is doing that to the file, so as to wipe
out my free disk space in my home directory, from again wiping out my
free disk space, I have now, for the second time, deleted the file.
After I deleted the file the first time, I had to reboot, to free up
the space occupied by the file - <SHIFT><DELETE> had not freed up the
disk space.
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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