# Budgie 20.04 syslog grows into several GB

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308 "2020-04-06T18:33:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/1 "2020-04-06T18:33:10Z")

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every time i delete the syslog it grows to several GB within days. With a 640 MB file, approx. 639 Mb were filled with something like this:  
print-layout-begin  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play0: | AS | JS | 9S | TS | TS AS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play1: | 4S | 4S | 9S | QS 7S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play2: | 3S | 2S | 5S | JS 7S 6S 5S 4S 3S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play3: | 3S | 5S | 6S 4S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play4: | 6S | AS | 5S TS 9S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play5: | 3S | JS 9S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play6: | 8S | 2S 5S 4S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play7: | 6S | KS | JS | 7S KS QS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play8: | JS | KS | 8S | 8S TS 9S 8S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Play9: | 6S | 6S 3S 2S AS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Deal0: | QS | 9S | 7S | QS | TS | 2S | 9S | AS | KS | KS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Deal1: | 7S | JS | 4S | 6S | 3S | 8S | AS | AS | 7S | 4S  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Deal2: | QS | 9S | KS | JS | AS | 2S | KS | 5S | 3S | QS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Deal3: | JS | 2S | 8S | 2S | 7S | 6S | TS | 8S | TS | QS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Deal4: | 3S | 5S | 8S | 4S | 2S | 5S | QS | KS | 7S | TS  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: Off:  
Apr 5 22:52:26 schulze-GA-78LMT-USB3-6-0 plank-1.desktop [6206]: print-layout-end

Where is the mistake? What can I do?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/2 "2020-04-06T18:53:20Z")

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don’t really know - I don’t recognise what “plank-1.desktop” is.

What changes to the plank configuration have you made?

Maybe resetting plank will help:

```
killall plank
rm -rf ~/.config/plank

```

logout and login.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/3 "2020-04-06T19:02:31Z")

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Thank you for the fast answer. I will test and report

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/4 "2020-04-07T20:01:27Z")

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your solution seems to have helped. So far, the syslog has only been a few kb. Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/5 "2020-04-08T16:40:22Z")

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Happy too early. last night the syslog was 3 GB again. Aslo I deleted the syslog, ended the plank and deleted it from the autostart and instead created an additional budgie panel as a dock at the bottom of the screen (only with the icon task list). After a few minutes the syslog was again 64 MB, but this time with “budgie-panel.desktop [2908]: print-layout-begin …”

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/6 "2020-04-08T16:44:16Z")

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Sorry - no idea. I cannot reproduce this. I’m using a couple of days old clean install.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/7 "2020-04-19T20:08:28Z")

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The problem is still present. is there a possibility to prevent entries in the syslog?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/8 "2020-04-19T20:13:05Z")

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please use [paste.ubuntu.com](http://paste.ubuntu.com) and copy-paste the output of

```
journalctl -ae | grep plank

```

I don’t recognise the initial trace you gave - that above will be more meaningful.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/9 "2020-04-19T20:35:45Z")

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i used [https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/VYrZ8FBVbR/](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/VYrZ8FBVbR/)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/10 "2020-04-19T20:37:22Z")

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umm … is that it? that’s very small.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/11 "2020-04-19T21:05:05Z")

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yes, but the syslog is also very small at the moment because I only restarted the pc at 10 p.m. I will post a version tomorrow if the syslog is again several Gb in size.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/12 "2020-04-20T19:06:14Z")

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Today after 45 Mintues using Budgie syslog grows up to 2.5 GB.  
[https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Jf7PpczvqW/](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Jf7PpczvqW/)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/13 "2020-04-20T19:21:02Z")

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what version of plank are you using?

```
dpkg -s plank | grep Version
```

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/14 "2020-04-20T19:23:54Z")

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dpkg -s plank | grep Version  
Version: 0.11.89-1

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/15 "2020-04-20T19:29:54Z")

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Sorry - I’ve no idea what you have done to make plank to behave like that

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/16 "2020-04-20T19:33:42Z")

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it is not only plank. “budgie-panel.desktop [2908]: print-layout-begin …” if plank was not aktiv

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/17 "2020-04-20T19:35:37Z")

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It does look like you have turned on debugging somehow - no idea how though.

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/18 "2020-04-20T19:37:34Z")

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you can turn it off again?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/19 "2020-04-20T19:39:50Z")

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dunno - the only google thread that I’ve found is this - I don’t speak french though

Similar trace - have you been fiddling with journald stuff? or systemd configurations?

[https://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=2045783](https://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=2045783)

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**Author:** ![schulze1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@schulze1963](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/schulze1963)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-20-04-syslog-grows-into-several-gb/3308/20 "2020-04-20T19:55:48Z")

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the thread treats nearly the same problem. I will try the solution there. Many thanks for your effort

it is not nearly the same, it is the same. I also like to play with Kpatience in between and the program seems to be the culprit.

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