#868453 xorg flooded by dbus messages

Package:
xserver-xorg-core
Source:
xorg-server
Description:
Xorg X server - core server
Submitter:
Trek
Date:
2022-03-04 07:57:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#868453#5
Date:
2017-07-15 14:33:47 UTC
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Dear maintainer,

after the security upgrade from 2:1.16.4-1 to 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u1, I got
flooded by dbus messages (which is not installed) every 10 seconds

(EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to
socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)

can you revert to the previous configuration where libdbus is not
linked in?

thanks!
#868453#10
Date:
2017-08-15 12:57:54 UTC
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with the latest update, the dbus dependency is gone and the error
message is no more printed to the log

thank you!
#868453#15
Date:
2017-09-10 19:17:45 UTC
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Control: reopen -1
Control: found -1 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1

 > Version: 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u1+b1

 > with the latest update, the dbus dependency is gone and the error
 > message is no more printed to the log

 > thank you!

	I’m observing the same issue on Stretch (2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1.)

	I guess that the fix for Debian Bug#867492 (per DSA-3905-1)
	affected Stretch just as well.  Could this please be rectified?

	TIA.
#868453#30
Date:
2017-10-03 14:15:24 UTC
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 >> Version: 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u1+b1

 >> with the latest update, the dbus dependency is gone and the error
 >> message is no more printed to the log

 > I’m observing the same issue on Stretch (2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1.)

[…]

	Any progress on this one?

	(I guess it’s the same bug as [1], reported over a year ago.)

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1562610
    Bug #1562610 “/var/log/Xorg.0.log gets flooded with “(EE) dbus-…”

	Curiously, while the Debian changelog indicates that
	libdbus-1-dev became a build dependency back in 2:1.3.99.0-1
	(2007), I don’t recall ever observing this specific issue.

	Sure, it’s only 191 octets every 10 seconds, but in a month,
	that easily becomes over 40 MiB:
#868453#35
Date:
2018-09-22 21:55:37 UTC
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Hi Ivan Shmakov,

I tried your fix with the perl script.  It opens a socket and appears
to be listening, but does not close the connection (the message in
Xorg.0.log says NoReply instead of FileNotFound).  Am I missing the
MIMEd Perl server?  How to install it?

Thanks,
Roy
#868453#44
Date:
2022-03-04 07:54:42 UTC
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The bot is wrong, it's not "fixed-upstream".
Upstream closed the issue without any resolution.