firefox fills disk in .xsession-errors

Bug #588036 reported by WaltSullivan
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Firefox fills my $HOME/.xsession-errors file with

(firefox-bin:4350): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

messages, but the only trouble ahead that I've seen is when firefox uses up all the space in my home partition by writing

(firefox-bin:4350): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

to my .xsession-errors file repeatedly.

$ cat ./xsession.summary.cmd
#!/bin/bash
# Summarize my .xsession-errors file
#
# skip empty lines
# count repeated lines, sort by repeat count
# ignore lines that happen 1 or 2 times
egrep -v '^$' .xsession-errors | \
    sort | uniq -c | sort -n | \
    egrep -v '^ +[1-9] '
walt@aardvark:~(0)$ ./xsession.summary.cmd
     30 gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
    254 (firefox-bin:4350): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead
    316 error checking orientation
walt@aardvark:~(0)$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 31 15:59:07 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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