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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904835

Title:
  notify-osd keeps on writing to .cache/notify-osd.log and waking up my
  drive

Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  notify-osd append each notify message to a log in .cache/notify-
  osd.log.  Looking at the code I suspect this is for debugging purposes
  only, however, I don't seem to have debug turned on and it is still
  appending data to the log.   I have examined this under the current
  Oneiric installation (with the current updates) and also today's
  Precise ISO image (15th Dec 2011).

  This is problematic for several reasons:

  1.  I believe the logging is for debugging purposes only, yet it seems
  to be enabled and I'm using a standard release image

  2.  Each notify-osd messages causes writes to the log which causes
  extra unwanted Hard Disk Drive (HDD) activity.  On an idle machine
  running on battery power this contributes to drive wakeup/write/power-
  down cycles which wastes power and reduces battery life.

  3. Unnecessary writes to this debug log causes unnecessary HDD
  spinup/down cycles which reduces the lifetime of spinning media as
  well as for SSDs

  4. On busy feeds (e.g. twitter, facebook etc) the extra logging
  overhead and wasteful.

  Since this log seems only useful for debug purposes it should be
  inhibited as default.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: notify-osd 0.9.32-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-4.10-generic 3.2.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Dec 15 16:17:51 2011
  GtkTheme: Ambiance
  IconTheme: ubuntu-mono-dark
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111215)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
  MachineType: LENOVO 4287CTO
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-generic root=UUID=40f4b6f2-3c98-46f1-96ee-4a7af137bbf6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   xserver-xorg             1:7.6+7ubuntu7
   libgl1-mesa-glx          7.11-0ubuntu4
   libdrm2                  2.4.27-1ubuntu1
   xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4
   xserver-xorg-video-ati   1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: notify-osd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager'
  dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8DET54WW (1.24 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 4287CTO
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET54WW(1.24):bd10/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4287CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4287CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 4287CTO
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

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