Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-15 Thread Paul Trevethan
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:07:48 +0800 Bret Busby wrote: > On 15/09/2014, Chen Wei wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >> .xsession-errors, which is currently sitting at about 740MB, and > >> has been growing in the last hour. > >> > >> entries from before the cu

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-15 Thread Bret Busby
On 15/09/2014, Chen Wei wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> .xsession-errors, which is currently sitting at about 740MB, and has >> been growing in the last hour. >> >> entries from before the current boot session) entries, so as to reduce >> the file size to co

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-14 Thread Chen Wei
On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > .xsession-errors, which is currently sitting at about 740MB, and has > been growing in the last hour. > > entries from before the current boot session) entries, so as to reduce > the file size to content that is necessary to retain for

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-10 Thread lee
Bret Busby writes: > So, I believe (unttil and unless, advised otherwise) that the > deleteing the file (which did not free up the disc space, in itself), > and then, renaming the xsystem-errors.old file, to xsystem-errors, > appears to have disappeared the problem, which, if I had known > earlie

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-10 Thread lee
Bret Busby writes: > I note that, with that file that is being accessed by Nautilus, > assuming that the number 1169162 , is the size of the file, I have > tried, but, apparently, can not reduce that to zero, as that number > does not change, with my attempts. On a side note: You could try nemo

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-10 Thread davidson
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014, Bret Busby wrote: On 10/09/2014, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:54:08AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: The file has (kind of) gone, now (it is no longer accessible, but, appears to still exist, in the

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-10 Thread Bret Busby
On 10/09/2014, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:54:08AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> The file has (kind of) gone, now (it is no longer accessible, but, >>> appears to still exist, in the ether of the unknown; still ta

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Bret Busby
On 10/09/2014, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:36:42AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> Before seeing the above message, after someone previously saying that >> deleting the file would not cause any (extra) problems, but would not >> free up disc space, I deleted the file, then ran

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread davidson
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:54:08AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: 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), A file

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:36:42AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Before seeing the above message, after someone previously saying that > deleting the file would not cause any (extra) problems, but would not > free up disc space, I deleted the file, then ran "Empty Trash Can", > but, no disc space was

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:54:08AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > 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), A file continues to use up disk space until all op

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Bret Busby
On 10/09/2014, Brian 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

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Brian
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,

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Bret Busby
On 10/09/2014, Bret Busby wrote: > On 09/09/2014, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will >>> crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur. >> >> I

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Bret Busby
On 09/09/2014, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will >> crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur. > > I very much doubt that any such damage would

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will > crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur. I very much doubt that any such damage would occur by deleting it, but the following incanta

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Raffaele Morelli
On 09/09/14 at 03:29pm, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > In trying to work out why my disk space gets progressively consumed so > that I repeatedly run out of disc space without any known reason, in > examining my hidden files in my home directory, I found the file > .xsession-errors, which is curre

Re: Query about .xsession-errors file

2014-09-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:29:04PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Does some uttility or command (with switches) exist, that can purge > the file of redundant (for example, entries over a week old, or, > entries from before the current boot session) entries, so as to reduce > the file size to cont