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Bug 126468 - gconf should not spam the syslog
gconf should not spam the syslog
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GConf
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gconf
2.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: GConf Maintainers
GConf Maintainers
: 526680 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-11-07 21:28 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2008-05-07 10:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10

Attachments
Downgrade log priority to DEBUG for these messages (1.10 KB, patch)
2007-03-24 14:31 UTC, Loïc Minier 		none Details | Review
debian patch (6.77 KB, patch)
2008-05-04 21:18 UTC, Matthias Clasen 		none Details | Review

Description Sebastien Bacher 2003-11-07 21:28:32 UTC 
This bug was originally reported in the Debian BTS:
http://bugs.debian.org/188433

"gconfd, when running for normal users, constantly spams the syslog like
so:

Apr 10 18:49:29 continuity gconfd (luke-30413): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config
source at position 0
Apr 10 18:49:29 continuity gconfd (luke-30413): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/home/luke/.gconf" to a writable config source at
position 1
Apr 10 18:49:29 continuity gconfd (luke-30413): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config
source at position 2

On a multiuser system, this really adds way too much noise to the
signal.  By default gconfd should not log here."
Comment 1 Mark McLoughlin 2004-03-30 12:28:58 UTC 
From http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/plans.html:

  Get rid of syslog stuff, or at least only syslog for genuine serious errors.

I think while we're at this, we should take a look at making it easier to
debug gconfd-2, maybe with a logfile like the metacity one.
Comment 2 Adrian Bunk 2006-01-24 01:09:09 UTC 
It seems this got lost on your current "GConf Future Improvements" list?
Comment 3 Loïc Minier 2007-03-24 14:31:55 UTC 
Created attachment 85220 [details] [review]
Downgrade log priority to DEBUG for these messages

Here's a proposed patch with David Förster sent in Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/188433.
Comment 4 Matthias Clasen 2008-05-04 21:18:19 UTC 
Created attachment 110376 [details] [review]
debian patch

Debian are actually using a somewhat more radical patch for de-syslogification.
I've added this patch to our Fedora packages now. We should probably merge it upstream.
Comment 5 Matthias Clasen 2008-05-04 21:32:56 UTC 
*** Bug 526680 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Kjartan Maraas 2008-05-07 10:23:25 UTC 
I commited this now.