[Bug 1636573] Re: xinit flooding syslog

[Mark]

I am currently running Ubuntu 16.04, python-openssl 0.15.1-2build1,
python-cryptography 1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 and Kodi 17.3.

The problem was initially introduced by a regular software update (by
Software Updater). I found some instructions that I followed, not those
here, which involved installing or reinstalling python stuff. After this
Kodi started working properly again and the log spamming stopped.
However a subsequent software update a few days ago has undone the fix.
Things are broken again. The versions above are what I currently have.

So I say that python-openssl 0.16.2, if that is genuinely the fix, needs
to be backported to 16.04 LTS.

I am strongly considering a distribution upgrade to fix this. It will be
the second time recently I have been forced into a distribution upgrade
by a regular software update breaking my system. Something is not right
in Ubuntu's quality control.

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Title:
  xinit flooding syslog

Status in pyOpenSSL:
  Fix Released
Status in pyopenssl package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in pyopenssl source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released
Status in xorg source package in Yakkety:
  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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