From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 16:50:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB50A1065674 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A978E8FC24 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m24Go1sp069995 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m24Go1Ln069994; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:50:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803041650.m24Go1Ln069994@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Mel Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12071065674 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:40:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7C78FC1F for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:40:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.1.50]) by snoogles.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9743E1CDE4 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:40:11 -0900 (AKST) Received: by smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix, from userid 0) id 49F8128415; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:40:11 -0900 (AKST) Message-Id: <20080304164011.49F8128415@smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:40:11 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: ports/121360: Change default of ~/.xsession-errors to off and document it. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:50:01 -0000 >Number: 121360 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Change default of ~/.xsession-errors to off and document it. >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 04 16:50:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Charlie & >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #1: Fri Feb 22 03:36:50 AKST 2008 root@smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-ULE i386 >Description: # man -k xsession-errors xsession-errors: nothing appropriate This file gets created on a default Xorg installation, since 7.x I believe. This file just grew to 1G, in a user's home directory, cause amor (x11-clocks/kdetoys3) doesn't handle invalid window id's very well and loops like a maniac. This also gets recorded into .xsession-errors each and every time, adding to the problem and frankly, having it in there a million times helps no one. Not sure why X isn't capable of using standard syslog semantics, but that's beside the problem. It would be very nice if this is default off and documented somewhere within the man(1) domain how to turn it off. >How-To-Repeat: start x and watch xsession-errors grow. Write a prog that discards an invalid window id and just requests it again till it gets it. See if you have disk- space available after a few hours. >Fix: None known. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: