After further review, it turns out the issue is with Chrome browser crashing and logging a ton of stuff to rsyslog. It was doing as it should!
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047725 Title: rsyslog eats CPU and generates a very large log file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1047725/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs