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gnome-shell package

  1. Bug #1772677
  2. Comment #49

Comment 49 for bug 1772677

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experimancer (experimancer) wrote : Re: gnome-shell filling up syslog with thousands of entries with stack traces ending in osdWindow.js (lines 206/207 in bionic, lines 223/224 in cosmic)

Hi all,

In Ubuntu 18.10 this bug is still here, my /var/log/syslog went to 38 GB in two hours.

$ uname -a
Linux plutot 4.18.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 09:04:24 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg -l |grep gnome-shell
ii chrome-gnome-shell 10.1-1 all GNOME Shell extensions integration for web browsers
ii gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1.18.10.1 amd64 graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-shell-common 3.30.1-2ubuntu1.18.10.1 all common files for the GNOME shell
ii gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 22-1 all AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell
ii gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 63ubuntu1 all Ubuntu Dock for GNOME Shell
ii yaru-theme-gnome-shell 18.10.6 all Yaru GNOME Shell desktop theme from the Ubuntu Community

$ cat /var/log/syslog
... [millions of similar lines ]
....
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #6 556ac620a830 i self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: == Stack trace for context 0x556ac2a75260 ==
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #0 7fff170d96b0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdWindow.js:224 (7f35c7ac79d0 @ 273)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #1 7fff170d9780 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #2 7fff170d9840 b self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #3 7fff170d9930 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:128 (7f36100c18b0 @ 386)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #4 556ac620a998 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:538 (7f35c7a043a0 @ 127)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #5 556ac620a8f0 i resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #6 556ac620a830 i self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: == Stack trace for context 0x556ac2a75260 ==
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #0 7fff170d96b0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdWindow.js:223 (7f35c7ac79d0 @ 231)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #1 7fff170d9780 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #2 7fff170d9840 b self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #3 7fff170d9930 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:128 (7f36100c18b0 @ 386)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #4 556ac620a998 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:538 (7f35c7a043a0 @ 127)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #5 556ac620a8f0 i resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #6 556ac620a830 i self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: == Stack trace for context 0x556ac2a75260 ==
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #0 7fff170d96b0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdWindow.js:224 (7f35c7ac79d0 @ 273)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #1 7fff170d9780 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #2 7fff170d9840 b self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #3 7fff170d9930 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:128 (7f36100c18b0 @ 386)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #4 556ac620a998 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:538 (7f35c7a043a0 @ 127)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #5 556ac620a8f0 i resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (7f36100b0b80 @ 71)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: #6 556ac620a830 i self-hosted:977 (7f36100f0280 @ 413)
Dec 24 03:51:59 pluto org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1940]: == Stack trace for context 0x556ac2a75260 ==
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I saw above that this has been fixed upstream, what is the ETA to have the fix in 18.04 and 18.10?