[opensuse] disk filled up by /tmp/kde-user/kconf_update*
One of my 11.3 test-systems filled up a disk with /tmp/kde-per/kconf_updateNNNNNN.tmp files - they appear to be empty, so I'm just going to delete them, but what's happening? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 20 August 2010 08:46:29 Per Jessen wrote:
One of my 11.3 test-systems filled up a disk with /tmp/kde-per/kconf_updateNNNNNN.tmp files - they appear to be empty, so I'm just going to delete them, but what's happening?
kconf_updates are scripts that are evaluated on login to see if configuration needs updating due to a new software version. Each app can install scripts that modify its existing config files. $HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc contains the state of the update system (scripts should only run once). /home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is the log of activity. (KDE3 has the same mechanism, if you are still using it or its apps, check $HOME/.kde/.... as well). Apparently something is going wrong and the temporary files are spamming your disk. Does the log give any clue to repeated, failed update attempts? Otherwise it could be hard to track down the app that is causing the failures since the filenames themselves don't identify the app and are empty, so we will have to detect it indirectly. Are all the temp files recently dated, or have they accumulated over time? Can you link them to any recent app you installed? Are you using any 3rd party repositories or applications? Can you compare the installed kde app set to another system that doesn't exhibit this behaviour? Will -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2010 08:46:29 Per Jessen wrote:
One of my 11.3 test-systems filled up a disk with /tmp/kde-per/kconf_updateNNNNNN.tmp files - they appear to be empty, so I'm just going to delete them, but what's happening?
kconf_updates are scripts that are evaluated on login to see if configuration needs updating due to a new software version. Each app can install scripts that modify its existing config files.
$HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc contains the state of the update system (scripts should only run once). /home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is the log of activity.
Thanks for the fast response - I'll check those.
(KDE3 has the same mechanism, if you are still using it or its apps, check $HOME/.kde/.... as well).
No, this is a vanilla 11.3 KDE4 system.
Apparently something is going wrong and the temporary files are spamming your disk.
Does the log give any clue to repeated, failed update attempts? Otherwise it could be hard to track down the app that is causing the failures since the filenames themselves don't identify the app and are empty, so we will have to detect it indirectly.
This is a server, the only (I think) KDE app that is running is konsole via ssh -X.
Are all the temp files recently dated, or have they accumulated over time?
They appear to go back to the beginning of August - I was away on vacation for two weeks until Tuesday this week, but the remote konsoles were left running on my workstation.
Can you link them to any recent app you installed?
Nope.
Are you using any 3rd party repositories or applications?
Nope.
Can you compare the installed kde app set to another system that doesn't exhibit this behaviour?
I have found a 2nd system with the same behaviour, and I'm beginning to wonder if https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626253 is related to this too. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.0°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2010 08:46:29 Per Jessen wrote:
One of my 11.3 test-systems filled up a disk with /tmp/kde-per/kconf_updateNNNNNN.tmp files - they appear to be empty, so I'm just going to delete them, but what's happening?
kconf_updates are scripts that are evaluated on login to see if configuration needs updating due to a new software version. Each app can install scripts that modify its existing config files.
$HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc contains the state of the update system (scripts should only run once). /home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is the log of activity.
Thanks for the fast response - I'll check those.
$HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc hasn't been touched since 2010/07/24, presumably when I installed this box. /home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is about 490Mb, and last changed yesterday. It's full of this: 2010-08-19T09:23:34 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:35 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules 2010-08-19T09:23:36 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:36 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:36 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:37 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules 2010-08-19T09:23:38 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:38 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:38 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:38 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules 2010-08-19T09:23:39 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:39 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:39 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:39 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules 2010-08-19T09:23:40 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:40 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:40 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:41 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules 2010-08-19T09:23:42 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:42 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:42 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:42 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Script removes kopeterc::Modules -- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.2°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 20 August 2010 09:48:29 Per Jessen wrote:
$HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc hasn't been touched since 2010/07/24, presumably when I installed this box.
/home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is about 490Mb, and last changed yesterday. It's full of this:
2010-08-19T09:23:34 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:35 kopete-pluginloader.upd:
Bingo. I'm away boosting at Froscon today and this weekend so I can't fix this on the spot. Please report this as a bug assigned to me, include a representative section of the above update.log and, if it exists, $HOME/.kde4/share/config/kopeterc (with any possibly embedded (depending on kwallet usage) passwords removed, or mail it me privately). If kopeterc doesn't exist, note this. You should be able to work around temporarily by removing /usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd as root, and if there is a kconf_update process running out of control, kill it. HTH Will -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2010 09:48:29 Per Jessen wrote:
$HOME/.kde4/share/config/kconf_updaterc hasn't been touched since 2010/07/24, presumably when I installed this box.
/home/per/.kde4/share/apps/kconf_update/log/update.log is about 490Mb, and last changed yesterday. It's full of this:
2010-08-19T09:23:34 Checking update-file '/usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd' for new updates 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Found new update 'kopete0.7/r1' 2010-08-19T09:23:34 kopete-pluginloader.upd: Running script 'kopete-pluginloader.pl' 2010-08-19T09:23:35 kopete-pluginloader.upd:
Bingo. I'm away boosting at Froscon today and this weekend so I can't fix this on the spot. Please report this as a bug assigned to me, include a representative section of the above update.log and, if it exists, $HOME/.kde4/share/config/kopeterc (with any possibly embedded (depending on kwallet usage) passwords removed, or mail it me privately). If kopeterc doesn't exist, note this.
Okay, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633106
You should be able to work around temporarily by removing /usr/share/kde4/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd as root, and if there is a kconf_update process running out of control, kill it.
The update process isn't running, presumably it died when the disk filled up. I have removed kopete-pluginloader.upd anyway. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (19.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
One of my 11.3 test-systems filled up a disk with /tmp/kde-per/kconf_updateNNNNNN.tmp files - they appear to be empty, so I'm just going to delete them, but what's happening?
See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633106 -- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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