[Bug 1636573] Re: xinit flooding syslog

[bachtobach]

How can I upgrade the packages mentioned here? When I try I get this:

sudo dpkg -i python-cryptography_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb
dpkg: regarding python-cryptography_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb containing python-cryptography:
 python-cryptography breaks python-openssl (<< 16.0.0)
  python-openssl (version 0.15.1-2build1) is present and installed.

dpkg: error processing archive python-cryptography_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb (--install):
 installing python-cryptography would break python-openssl, and
 deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-cryptography_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb


sudo dpkg -i python-openssl_16.2.0-1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 185075 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack python-openssl_16.2.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python-openssl (16.2.0-1) over (0.15.1-2build1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-openssl:
 python-openssl depends on python-cryptography (>= 1.3.4); however:
  Version of python-cryptography on system is 1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1.

dpkg: error processing package python-openssl (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-openssl

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Title:
  xinit flooding syslog

Status in pyopenssl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am using xinit (1.3.4-3ubuntu1) to start an X11 session as follows
  (kodi is a media center):

  /usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/kodi-
  standalone -- :1 -nolisten tcp vt8

  This used to work fine with Ubuntu 16.04, but since the upgrade to
  16.10 lots of log messages are sent to syslog. They are all
  repetitions of the following two lines:

  Oct 24 22:54:50 tiger xinit[26430]: extern "Python": function Cryptography_rand_bytes() called, but @ffi.def_extern() was not called in the current subinterpreter.  Returning 0.
  Oct 24 22:54:50 tiger xinit[26430]: extern "Python": function Cryptography_rand_status() called, but @ffi.def_extern() was not called in the current subinterpreter.  Returning 0.

  These messages amount to >200 GB per day, so this is eating up all the
  disk space.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Oct 25 18:41:22 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-06 (1753 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-13 (11 days ago)

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