On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:43:13 +0100 Julien Cristau <
jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 00:48:15 +0200, Alberto Garcia wrote:
>
> > Package: xserver-xorg-core
> > Version: 2:1.18.2-1
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: upstream patch
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > the system journal is being flooded by thousands of 'GetModeLine ...'
> > messages.
> >
> > This problem was reported in Fedora a couple of days ago:
> >
> >
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318545> >
> > Here's the upstream fix:
> >
> >
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=75eecf28ae3709181a51571132b0accd9cae316e> >
> Well, the fix is to stop using xf86vidmode...
>
> Cheers,
> Julien
So, is a fix forthcoming? It is not just a minor annoyance: the flooding log messages are simultaneously written to /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/user.log, not only thrashing the hard drive and slowing down the system, but also quickly growing to hundreds and thousands of megabytes in size, easily filling up a smaller hard drive within a short period of time. And it is not just going to affect a handful of users.
I suppose that is why Fedora uploaded a fix within 32 hours of receiving the initial bug report.
So, is a fix forthcoming, soon? If not, I am more than happy to make a NMU today.
Many thanks,
Anthony