The result of this was the watchdog would see the crashes and reboot the device:-
Sep 21 17:29:43 ubuntu-phablet session-watchdog: 'mediascanner-2.0' (instance '') hit respawn limit - asking logind to reboot
To disable mediascanner as a workaround:-
echo manual >> ~/.config/upstart/mediascanner-2.0.override
The result of this was the watchdog would see the crashes and reboot the device:-
Sep 21 17:29:43 ubuntu-phablet session-watchdog: 'mediascanner-2.0' (instance '') hit respawn limit - asking logind to reboot
To disable mediascanner as a workaround:-
echo manual >> ~/.config/ upstart/ mediascanner- 2.0.override