Using mate desktop v1.26. Using for a decade or so. caja is mate desktop file manager.
Looking at sys log activity and getting message below:
2024-09-08T00:00:50.689538-05:00 mydesktop caja[4545]: GFileInfo created without standard::symlink-target
2024-09-08T00:00:50.689605-05:00 mydesktop caja[4545]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2062 (g_file_info_get_symlink_target): should not be reached
Repeats every fraction of a second continuously. Can’t even openup systemd log because of so many copies of this message.
There is traffic on internet referencing this issue but refs give no solution except one ref that says to move to newer version, e.g., 1.28 that is unavailable on leap.
System log cycling controls seem to be working to keep disk from getting filled.
Tumbleweed has mate 1.28. In a TW vm, I am not seeing this message in system log so internet info seems correct.
This error has not always been there. I have no idea when it started.
Would like to get rid of it.
Any ideas appreciated. thanks, tom kosvic
Plot thickens. I kill caja process (4545) which kills caja. Another caja starts immediately. New caja starts generating same message. See below:
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751519-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::sort-order
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751583-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2108 (g_file_info_get_sort_order): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751653-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::symlink-target
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751722-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2062 (g_file_info_get_symlink_target): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751784-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::sort-order
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751851-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2108 (g_file_info_get_sort_order): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751913-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::symlink-target
2024-09-08T19:12:39.751982-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2062 (g_file_info_get_symlink_target): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752044-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::sort-order
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752112-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2108 (g_file_info_get_sort_order): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752180-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::symlink-target
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752242-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2062 (g_file_info_get_symlink_target): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752305-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::sort-order
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752377-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: file ../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 2108 (g_file_info_get_sort_order): should not be reached
2024-09-08T19:12:39.752442-05:00 mydesktop caja[6765]: GFileInfo created without standard::symlink-target
Seems like a permanent thing now. But not there until recently.
May have solved problem. I reinstalled all caja packages. Thus far the error has not restarted. No idea what happened that could have caused this issue.
thanks all, tom kosvic