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Posted on by October 16, 2011

I checked the logs.  That was when I noticed that the “random” logouts weren’t so random.  They seem to be occurring at 17 minutes past the hour, if I’m reading right.  If you log right back in, the system logs back out again immediately.  However, if you wait a few minutes, it doesn’t.

Here’s a sample of the syslog from today:

Oct 16 20:17:01 BilsHP CRON[2597]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts –report /etc/cron.hourly)
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2258) user=bill command=ibus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1961) user=bill command=gnome-screensav nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1950) user=bill command=gnome-settings- nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2037) user=bill command=gvfsd-trash nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2070) user=bill command=python nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2012) user=bill command=gvfs-afc-volume nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1993) user=bill command=polkit-gnome-au nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1932) user=bill command=gvfs-fuse-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2198) user=bill command=zeitgeist-datah nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2051) user=bill command=gvfsd-burn nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2017) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1983) user=bill command=nautilus nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2025) user=bill command=dropbox nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1989) user=bill command=gvfs-gdu-volume nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1927) user=bill command=gvfsd nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2000) user=bill command=notify-osd nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2035) user=bill command=telepathy-indic nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1874) user=bill command=gnome-keyring-d nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1979) user=bill command=gnome-panel nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1924) user=bill command=dbus-launch nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2130) user=bill command=gvfsd-metadata nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1962) user=bill command=metacity nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1990) user=bill command=bluetooth-apple nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2020) user=bill command=gvfs-gphoto2-vo nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2204) user=bill command=zeitgeist-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2217) user=bill command=evolution-alarm nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1984) user=bill command=nm-applet nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2032) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2229) user=bill command=e-addressbook-f nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1982) user=bill command=gnome-fallback- nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1956) user=bill command=gsd-printer nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2221) user=bill command=applet.py nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1942) user=bill command=gconfd-2 nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP gnome-session[1883]: WARNING: Detected that screensaver has left the bus
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2267) user=bill command=python nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1921) user=bill command=ssh-agent nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2265) user=bill command=ibus-gconf nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2310) user=bill command=firefox nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2237) user=bill command=goa-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2039) user=bill command=mission-control nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1883) user=bill command=gnome-session nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2015) user=bill command=touchpad-indica nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1925) user=bill command=dbus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1994) user=bill command=gnome-sound-app nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1967) user=bill command=syndaemon nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2085) user=bill command=gdu-notificatio nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2205) user=bill command=cat nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1971) user=bill command=pulseaudio nice=-11
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1975) user=bill command=dconf-service nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 1973) user=bill command=gconf-helper nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2392) user=bill command=npviewer.bin nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2373) user=bill command=plugin-containe nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2269) user=bill command=ibus-x11 nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2281) user=bill command=update-notifier nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2304) user=bill command=deja-dup-monito nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP killer[2600]: kill(15, 2220) user=bill command=e-calendar-fact nice=0
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP gnome-session[1883]: GConf-WARNING: Got Disconnected from DBus.#012
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP gnome-session[1883]: WARNING: Application ‘gnome-panel.desktop’ killed by signal
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP acpid: client 1063[0:0] has disconnected
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP acpid: client connected from 2619[0:0]
Oct 16 20:17:02 BilsHP acpid: 1 client rule loaded

Any ideas what might be going on here?

UPDATE: Aaaannnddd…right on schedule, at 9:17 PM, (my time), I was involuntarily logged out again. I logged back in, and was immediately logged out. I logged back in again, and here I am.

Here is the log for the relevant time period:

Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP CRON[3487]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts –report /etc/cron.hourly)
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3233) user=bill command=plugin-containe nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2784) user=bill command=dbus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3056) user=bill command=zeitgeist-datah nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3053) user=bill command=gdu-notificatio nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2816) user=bill command=gsd-printer nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2802) user=bill command=gconfd-2 nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3216) user=bill command=deja-dup-monito nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2860) user=bill command=gvfs-gdu-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2851) user=bill command=touchpad-indica nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2846) user=bill command=polkit-gnome-au nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3042) user=bill command=telepathy-indic nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2869) user=bill command=gvfs-afc-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2792) user=bill command=gvfs-fuse-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2890) user=bill command=dropbox nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2843) user=bill command=nm-applet nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2780) user=bill command=ssh-agent nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2889) user=bill command=notify-osd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3158) user=bill command=e-addressbook-f nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2842) user=bill command=nautilus nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3151) user=bill command=e-calendar-fact nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2837) user=bill command=dconf-service nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3073) user=bill command=thunderbird-bin nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3328) user=bill command=gedit nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3062) user=bill command=zeitgeist-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2828) user=bill command=syndaemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2785) user=bill command=dbus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2870) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2783) user=bill command=dbus-launch nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2811) user=bill command=gnome-settings- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2820) user=bill command=metacity nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2787) user=bill command=gvfsd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2849) user=bill command=gconf-helper nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP pulseaudio[2833]: [pulseaudio] module-gconf.c: Unable to read or parse data from client.
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2739) user=bill command=gnome-session nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3147) user=bill command=evolution-alarm nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2995) user=bill command=gvfsd-burn nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3252) user=bill command=npviewer.bin nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3014) user=bill command=gvfsd-metadata nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2779) user=bill command=dbus-launch nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2730) user=bill command=gnome-keyring-d nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2989) user=bill command=mission-control nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2833) user=bill command=pulseaudio nice=-11
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3115) user=bill command=firefox nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3184) user=bill command=update-notifier nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2841) user=bill command=gnome-fallback- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2829) user=bill command=gnome-panel nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3161) user=bill command=goa-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2910) user=bill command=gvfsd-trash nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2822) user=bill command=gnome-screensav nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2844) user=bill command=bluetooth-apple nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3063) user=bill command=cat nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 3148) user=bill command=applet.py nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2852) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2873) user=bill command=gvfs-gphoto2-vo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2991) user=bill command=python nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(15, 2847) user=bill command=gnome-sound-app nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP gnome-session[2739]: WARNING: Detected that screensaver has left the bus
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP gnome-session[2739]: GConf-WARNING: Got Disconnected from DBus.#012
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP gnome-session[2739]: WARNING: Application ‘gnome-panel.desktop’ killed by signal
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP acpid: client 2619[0:0] has disconnected
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP acpid: client connected from 3509[0:0]
Oct 16 21:17:01 BilsHP acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 3591 of process 3591 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ high priority at nice level -11.
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 3592 of process 3591 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 3593 of process 3591 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:03 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 16 21:17:12 BilsHP gnome-session[3616]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider ‘notify-osd’ of required provider ‘notifications’
Oct 17 04:17:13 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 3707 of process 3707 (n/a) owned by ‘1000’ high priority at nice level -11.
Oct 17 04:17:13 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Oct 16 21:17:13 BilsHP gnome-session[3616]: WARNING: Unable to parse command from ‘file:///etc/xdg/autostart/synaptiks_init_config.desktop’: Key file contains key ‘Terminal’ which has value that cannot be interpreted.
Oct 16 21:17:13 BilsHP gnome-session[3616]: WARNING: Failed to start app: Unable to start application: Key file contains key ‘Terminal’ which has value that cannot be interpreted.
Oct 17 04:17:13 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 3718 of process 3707 (n/a) owned by ‘1000’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:13 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 5 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Oct 16 21:17:15 BilsHP dbus[916]: [system] Activating service name=’org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DateTimeMechanism’ (using servicehelper)
Oct 16 21:17:15 BilsHP dbus[916]: [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DateTimeMechanism’
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3934) user=bill command=cat nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3709) user=bill command=dconf-service nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3868) user=bill command=gvfsd-burn nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3820) user=bill command=mission-control nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3727) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3830) user=bill command=python nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3695) user=bill command=gnome-screensav nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3683) user=bill command=gnome-settings- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3689) user=bill command=gsd-printer nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3765) user=bill command=gvfsd-trash nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3739) user=bill command=gvfs-afc-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3927) user=bill command=zeitgeist-datah nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3715) user=bill command=nm-applet nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3693) user=bill command=metacity nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3713) user=bill command=gnome-fallback- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3725) user=bill command=gconf-helper nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3656) user=bill command=dbus-launch nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3933) user=bill command=zeitgeist-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3659) user=bill command=gvfsd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3748) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3616) user=bill command=gnome-session nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3754) user=bill command=notify-osd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3763) user=bill command=dropbox nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3699) user=bill command=gnome-panel nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3664) user=bill command=gvfs-fuse-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3716) user=bill command=bluetooth-apple nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3701) user=bill command=syndaemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3911) user=bill command=telepathy-indic nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3707) user=bill command=pulseaudio nice=-11
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3877) user=bill command=gvfsd-metadata nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3714) user=bill command=nautilus nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3724) user=bill command=touchpad-indica nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3729) user=bill command=gvfs-gdu-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3674) user=bill command=gconfd-2 nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3717) user=bill command=polkit-gnome-au nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3653) user=bill command=ssh-agent nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3657) user=bill command=dbus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3745) user=bill command=gvfs-gphoto2-vo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3924) user=bill command=gdu-notificatio nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3607) user=bill command=gnome-keyring-d nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(23, 3719) user=bill command=gnome-sound-app nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3934) user=bill command=cat nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3709) user=bill command=dconf-service nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3868) user=bill command=gvfsd-burn nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3820) user=bill command=mission-control nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3727) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3830) user=bill command=python nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3695) user=bill command=gnome-screensav nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3683) user=bill command=gnome-settings- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3689) user=bill command=gsd-printer nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3765) user=bill command=gvfsd-trash nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3739) user=bill command=gvfs-afc-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3927) user=bill command=zeitgeist-datah nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3715) user=bill command=nm-applet nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3693) user=bill command=metacity nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3713) user=bill command=gnome-fallback- nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3725) user=bill command=gconf-helper nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3656) user=bill command=dbus-launch nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3933) user=bill command=zeitgeist-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP gnome-session[3616]: WARNING: Detected that screensaver has left the bus
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3659) user=bill command=gvfsd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3748) user=bill command=gnome-do nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3616) user=bill command=gnome-session nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3754) user=bill command=notify-osd nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3763) user=bill command=dropbox nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3699) user=bill command=gnome-panel nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3664) user=bill command=gvfs-fuse-daemo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3716) user=bill command=bluetooth-apple nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3701) user=bill command=syndaemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3911) user=bill command=telepathy-indic nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3707) user=bill command=pulseaudio nice=-11
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3877) user=bill command=gvfsd-metadata nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3714) user=bill command=nautilus nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3724) user=bill command=touchpad-indica nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3729) user=bill command=gvfs-gdu-volume nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3674) user=bill command=gconfd-2 nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3717) user=bill command=polkit-gnome-au nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3653) user=bill command=ssh-agent nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3657) user=bill command=dbus-daemon nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3745) user=bill command=gvfs-gphoto2-vo nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3924) user=bill command=gdu-notificatio nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3607) user=bill command=gnome-keyring-d nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP killer[3490]: kill(9, 3719) user=bill command=gnome-sound-app nice=0
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP acpid: client 3509[0:0] has disconnected
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP acpid: client connected from 3963[0:0]
Oct 16 21:17:36 BilsHP acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Oct 17 04:17:37 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 4050 of process 4050 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ high priority at nice level -11.
Oct 17 04:17:37 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 17 04:17:38 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 4051 of process 4050 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:38 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 17 04:17:38 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 4052 of process 4050 (n/a) owned by ‘114’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:38 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Oct 16 21:17:45 BilsHP gnome-session[4083]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider ‘notify-osd’ of required provider ‘notifications’
Oct 17 04:17:45 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 4167 of process 4167 (n/a) owned by ‘1000’ high priority at nice level -11.
Oct 17 04:17:45 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 4 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Oct 16 21:17:45 BilsHP pulseaudio[4167]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Oct 16 21:17:45 BilsHP gnome-session[4083]: WARNING: Unable to parse command from ‘file:///etc/xdg/autostart/synaptiks_init_config.desktop’: Key file contains key ‘Terminal’ which has value that cannot be interpreted.
Oct 16 21:17:45 BilsHP gnome-session[4083]: WARNING: Failed to start app: Unable to start application: Key file contains key ‘Terminal’ which has value that cannot be interpreted.
Oct 17 04:17:45 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Successfully made thread 4179 of process 4167 (n/a) owned by ‘1000’ RT at priority 5.
Oct 17 04:17:45 BilsHP rtkit-daemon[1778]: Supervising 5 threads of 2 processes of 2 users.
Oct 16 21:17:47 BilsHP dbus[916]: [system] Activating service name=’org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DateTimeMechanism’ (using servicehelper)
Oct 16 21:17:47 BilsHP dbus[916]: [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DateTimeMechanism’
Oct 16 21:18:16 BilsHP goa[4439]: goa-daemon version 3.2.0.1 starting [main.c:112, main()]

Looks like some sort of cron job is triggering it. But I don’t know how to track down that job and either delete it, or figure out what it thinks it is doing.

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About Bill Quick

I am a small-l libertarian. My primary concern is to increase individual liberty as much as possible in the face of statist efforts to restrict it from both the right and the left. If I had to sum up my beliefs as concisely as possible, I would say, "Stay out of my wallet and my bedroom," "your liberty stops at my nose," and "don't tread on me." I will believe that things are taking a turn for the better in America when married gays are able to, and do, maintain large arsenals of automatic weapons, and tax collectors are, and do, not.

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  5. It worked. At least I’m not automagically logging out any more.

    I imagine the script is useful. I wonder what changed in the upgrade that caused it to kill everything?

    Also, there were rumors that this upgrade would remove the ability to choose either the Unity desktop or the Gnome Classic, but it didn’t. The upgrade pitched me back into Unity, which is even less useful than the original in 11.04, but the choice is still there if you know which magic wand to wave. The wand?

    sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

    That’s it.

  6. I imagine the script is useful.

    I’ve read the man page and honestly, I can’t imagine “killer” being useful on a non-developer, single user machine.

    In a true multi-user environment, especially a University machine, I can see how “killer” might be highly useful.

    killer is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently logged into the machine.

    …

    The main package is the version used on the Unix workstations at the University of Wisonsin’s Computer-Aided Engineering Center (CAE). I suspect that folks at places other than CAE will want to do things slightly differently. Feel free to take this as an example of how you can make effective use of the processTable and Terminals packages.