Nepomuk strikes again!

[dmeyer]

I seem to recall something about tmpfs never exceeding 50% available RAM...?

Its easily configurable in the /etc/fstab. But yes, I think the default is 50%.

[Frank616]

Steve:

Here it is:

frank@netbook:~$ ls -al /tmp
total 52
drwxrwxrwt 11 root  root  4096 Apr 20 13:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root  root  4096 Apr 10 21:32 ..
drwxrwxrwt  2 root  root  4096 Apr 20 13:20 .ICE-unix
drwx------  2 frank frank 4096 Apr 20 13:20 kde-frank
drwx------  2 frank frank 4096 Apr 20 13:20 ksocket-frank
drwx------  2 frank frank 4096 Apr 20 13:20 lur69qbt.tmp
srwxrwxr-x  1 frank frank    0 Apr 20 13:20 OSL_PIPE_1001_SingleOfficeIPC_b3ebe8802354ba5f09f94e761573351
drwx------  2 root  root  4096 Apr 20 13:20 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
drwx------  2 frank frank 4096 Apr 20 13:20 pulse-ZFTFkM4Q7dEO
drwx------  2 frank frank 4096 Apr 20 13:20 ssh-m5HOshNY6NZs
srwxr-xr-x  1 frank frank    0 Apr 20 13:20 virt_1111
-rw-------  1 frank frank  975 Apr 20 13:20 virtuoso_hX2050.ini
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  root  4096 Apr 20 13:20 .winbindd
-r--r--r--  1 root  root    11 Apr 20 13:20 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root  root  4096 Apr 20 13:20 .X11-unix
frank@netbook:~$

[SteveRiley]

Hm, OK...so your Xsession isn't creating the fallback errors file in /tmp. I don't really understand why you have none at all. Unusual!

[oshunluvr]

That appears to be correct Steve (I did not know that). However, this begs the question -- wtf happens with your system when it hits the limit?

AFAIK it uses swap. Then when that's full: Armageddon!

[dmeyer]

Hm, OK...so your Xsession isn't creating the fallback errors file in /tmp. I don't really understand why you have none at all. Unusual!

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! Ladies and Gentleman, the error less Linux system has been found. Quickly, let's image the disc and forensically deconstruct this perfect system!!!

[SteveRiley]

I say we take it out back and shoot it!

[Frank616]

Steve and dmeyer:

Didn't I read somewhere that X is being replaced? Is this 64 bit version of 12.10 one of those? That would possibly explain the lack of an xsession errors file, no?

It is a box stock install.

It is notable that both my my 32 bit installs (12.04 in both cases) have the file. The year-old one has a 214 kb file, and the x year old one (successively upgraded from 8.04 IIRC), has a 3.2 MB file. Both of these machines have after market nVidia graphics cards. The little Asus machine (with no error file) is an i3 device and uses the integrated Intel HD4000 graphics chip.

In any case, I do no harm in deleting them, correct? The system will just generate another one if/when needed?

Frank.

[dmeyer]

Steve and dmeyer:

Didn't I read somewhere that X is being replaced? Is this 64 bit version of 12.10 one of those? That would possibly explain the lack of an xsession errors file, no?

It is a box stock install.

It is notable that both my my 32 bit installs (12.04 in both cases) have the file. The year-old one has a 214 kb file, and the x year old one (successively upgraded from 8.04 IIRC), has a 3.2 MB file. Both of these machines have after market nVidia graphics cards. The little Asus machine (with no error file) is an i3 device and uses the integrated Intel HD4000 graphics chip.

In any case, I do no harm in deleting them, correct? The system will just generate another one if/when needed?

Frank.

Yeah you can delete the file if you want. It will just come back eventually.

On X being replaced: Not anytime soon. I don't see Wayland becoming the default for a while yet. Until Nvidia jumps on board with Wayland, then X will stay a major force in Linux.