srt-logger generates warning(s) in my system journal

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10983 · opened 2024-06-15 by Wholesome-Primus · updated 2024-06-15 · 3 comments · github

WWholesome-Primus 2024-06-15 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1718395788
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint 21.3
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz [new logs]
GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I went to check journal logs as part of my daily check and I notice a lot of this specific warning in my logs "WARNING: discarding _NET_WM_PID 5 as invalid for X11 window - use specialized XCB_X11_TO_PID function!", I tested to see what provokes it and it appears to be written every time I open a different window.

Slight note: It forwards everything into my journal. Though it's not written to system logs, I can see everything srt-logger writes in my journal.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start steam
open a different already opened program (Discord, Firefox etc.)
Check system journal

WWholesome-Primus 2024-06-15 github

Is there a way for me to prevent it from writing to my syslog? It's very much cluttering up my logs and I just discovered it does write to syslog.log as well. Thanks in advance for any help :)

WWholesome-Primus 2024-06-15 github

Switched to Beta and the message still appears in my systemlogs.

WWholesome-Primus 2024-06-15 github

I'll close this. After thinking it through, this isn't really an issue, as everything functions normally. It's just annoying clutter in my logs. Unless the devs think otherwise.

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