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This seems to be a very wide spread problem.  I have found that
occasionally deleting the .cache directory in my home folder seems to
solve a lot of this.  I keep having this file fill up a 750GB partition
in less than 24 hours. Filling 750 GB, making me find the  file, delete
it, and then have to reboot to continue working is patently ridiculous.
It's flatly unacceptable for a server and only marginally so for a
workstation.

When I google for "xsession-errors filling hard drive", I get lots of
hits from multiple linux distros, so this isn't isolated to Ubuntu or
Debian.  And the date range is quite extensive as well from 2005 to the
just a few weeks ago.  So this has been happening to a lot of people,
with a lot of linux distributions, for a very long time.

I think the fundamental solution is to change how the logging for
xsession-errors behaves.  Given the involvement of applications from
FlashPlayer to Remina to NSwrapper to WINE to the gnome desktop, I don't
see fixing every single application as a viable solution.  Too many
users need help NOW and, frankly, this has been happening for at least 6
years, if not longer.  That's just not right.  So that brings the logic
trail back around to fixing how the xsession-error log file is handled
and how those error messages are logged.

Suggestion #1 There should be a file size limit and once that'us s
reached, it starts to overwrite.

Suggestion #2 Implement the "This error repeats 147 more times" in the
error log rather than logging each error.

Suggestion #3 Point the log file to /dev/null by default and let the
user point it elsewhere at their own risk.  This is perhaps the quickest
fix and easiest to implement as it is would be a slight change to the
Xsession file in /etc/X11.  Change the location and add some comments
explaining the possible issues along with directions on how to change it
back.

** Affects: remmina (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

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.xsession-errors fills hard drive until system crashes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870138
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