> is that specific to one of the lightdm greeters? I don't know if it's specific to unity-greeter. Maybe an Xfce / LXDE user can try the script I attached. There are also some Xubuntu users which commented on this bug.
For those who want to try my script: You should start it only just before requesting shutdown or restart. It produces a lot of output into the logfile (more time -> more output). > do you mean that it happens at logout? It happened on shutdown. It seems that makes a difference here (between logout and shutdown I mean; see comment #29). I did this: - rm ~/.goutputstream-* - start ps-log.sh: sudo -b nice -n -19 sh ./ps-log.sh - start gnome-session-quit --power-off and click on "Shutdown" (This should be the same as top-right button in Unity -> Shutdown -> Shutdown.) After restarting my computer I looked into ps-log.out: ... COMMAND gnome-session ... FILE CREATED!!! <-- This is the point where my script first sees an ~/.goutputstream-* file. COMMAND lightdm ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984785 Title: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/984785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs