Re: Query about .xsession-errors file
On 10/09/2014, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 01:24:24 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>
>> Just out of interest, "top" shows the system as having been up for 21
>> days, so, the xsession-errors file grew to 743MB, in 21 days. I saw,
>> at the top of that file, before I deleted it, reference to 21 August,
>> so, the file apparently, grows quite fast.
>
> This machine has been up for about the same length of time.
>
> brian@desktop:~$ ls -l .xsession-errors
> -rw------- 1 brian brian 165780 Aug 24 08:39 .xsession-errors
>
> Has it dawned on you that an investigation of the file's contents
> might be indicated?
>
>
The file has (kind of) gone, now (it is no longer accessible, but,
appears to still exist, in the ether of the unknown; still taking up
disc space, whilst, in theory, non-existent), but, when I did briefly
examine the contents, hundreds of lines referring to QPaint problems,
were shown.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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