arts can overload gam_server (loading CPU) and at the same time fills user's ~/.xsession-errors to death with errors

Bug #47381 reported by mikmak
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #36581: gam_server consumes lots of cpu time. Edit Remove
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arts (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hi,

I've been hit twice by this bug on a computer I installed for a friend with dapper RC.
basically, artsd does something while speaking with gam_server leading to the following error in ~/.xsession-errors :
invalid length 24902
Failed to process 45 bytes from server
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
Failed to process 26 bytes from server

it does that a few times ( ~50 times maybe ) then the error is changed to :
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
invalid length 24902
end from FAM server connection
(probably something that protects the FAM server from too much connexions ? but that does not work since it actually makes gam_server eat the whole CPU)

there are about 20-30 of these lines every 5 seconds
so it fills the hard drive pretty quick.

these errors keeps going on and on until someone kills manually artsd.

workaround : disable arts in kcontrol ;)

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mikmak (mikmak) wrote :

looks rather important as it can kill /home quickly

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