gedit locks system with .xsessions-error file

[Myself]

I opened a .xsesssion-errors file which admittedly was 1.07Gb, only after a few days of use!!!, and whole system came to a crawl. Tried to copy some of the file so as to post it here but just total lock-up. Before lock-up I saw in Task Manager that CPUs were being used 100%, 4Gb of RAM @ 97% and 2Gb swap used. That is nearly 6Gb of memory space for a 1.07Gb file!!! As I cannot read the ,xsessions-errors file I deleted it but only have recovered 100Kb of disk spsace!!!???

[viking777]

You need to read this thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... 991&page=1

Post #11 looks like the best solution to me (although there are others) and post #12 is worth a look as well with reference to your reclaimed disk space.

[Myself]

Thanks viking777. This error reporting file size is worse than anything I ever experienced with any version of old Windoz, even server versions.

[viking777]

I know what you mean and I must admit the guy who was terribly proud of his 4.6 Terabyte error file did make me smile a bit! The difference is though that here you got a very easy answer that will continue to work for you (and apparently has been implemented by default in future Ubuntu versions). I doubt the solution would have been that easy or quick in the Windows world.

[Myself]

Oh Dear!!! Windows can sometimes take years to fix! Did Microsoft ever fully fix the problem with memory leakage?