Re: Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash) [solved]

[Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:48:01 +0200
Frank Thommen wrote:

> Problem solved: A user had configured his "preferred browser" to be 
> Thunderbird(!).  As soon as he clicked on a link in an email, he ended 
> in an endless loop with TB trying to open the link with the "preferred 
> browser" (aka itself) again and again. This resulted in 40 MB audit 
> loglines/hour in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

That sounds like something that should be reported to the Thunderbird people.
It probably wouldn't be too difficult for them to make Thunderbird an invalid
selection under that setting.

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