For some reasons, many packages that use GTK+ also pick up gconf as a dependency.
Now.. that might not be a bad thing, but it sure is annoying!
When gconfd starts/stops.. it pollutes
/var/log/messages, so very rude.
To disable it, append the following to the
top of
/etc/syslog.conf.
Code:
# It's quite annoying...
!!gconfd
*.info /dev/null
!*
Afterwards, restart syslogd..
$ sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`
I honestly don't know if there is a better way of doing this.. I wasn't able to find a strait answer.
Hope it helps someone else that hates log spammers.