HUGE .xsession-error file

[Eric "Shubes"]

Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> Since I got my clock straightened out, I thought I'd try my luck with 
> a more annoying problem:
> 
> The hidden file, .xsession-errors in /home gets absolutely HUGE. I 
> don't know why I'm getting so many errors, but they never seem to 
> affect anything. After a few months it filled up over 9GB of 
> my /home. I can delete it and it starts filling up again immediately, 
> with all kinds of garbage. Within a few days it's 60MB big. 
> 
> I hesitate to paste the errors here for diagnostics because it's so 
> much. Is there a way to stop whatever is doing the output to that 
> file, or have it automatically delete the contents every day?

cron can't stop it, but you can have cron 'rm' it every day. I'm not 
sure of the exact file name you'd need to edit for debian. I'd start 
with man cron.

> 
> Here's a "tiny" bit of the file:
> 
> Thanks,
> Siri Amrit
> 
> konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown 
> action : searchProvider
> konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown 
> action : searchProvider
> QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
> QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> DCOPReply<>: cast to 'QStringList' error
> DCOPReply<>: cast to 'QString' error
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received OpenLock
> Opener: received OpenDevice
> Opener: received ExecPPPDaemon
> In parent: pppd pid 4208
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Kernel supports ppp alright.
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> kwin: X_SetInputFocus(0x1c00088): BadMatch (invalid parameter 
> attributes)
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> kspell (kdelibs): ERROR: charsets iso-8859-4 .. iso-8859-15 not 
> supported yet
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> kspell (kdelibs): ERROR: charsets iso-8859-4 .. iso-8859-15 not 
> supported yet
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> kspell (kdelibs): ERROR: charsets iso-8859-4 .. iso-8859-15 not 
> supported yet
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown 
> action : searchProvider
> konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown 
> action : searchProvider
> KonqSidebar::property( "modified" ) failed: property invalid or does 
> not exist
> KonqListView::property( "modified" ) failed: property invalid or does 
> not exist
> kspell (kdelibs): ERROR: charsets iso-8859-4 .. iso-8859-15 not 
> supported yet
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
> QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp
> appending message to ~/dead.letter.tmp...
> 
> 
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-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

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