The fan and cpu is very active during this event, thousands of errors reported. Syslog case attached. The desktop becomes unresponsive during this event (for instance cant close windows).
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
apt-cache policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
Installed: 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
Candidate: 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
Version table:
*** 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 500
500 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.28.1-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
uname -a
Linux computer 4.15.0-34-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 15:21:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.28.3
NOTE: syslog package name is incorrect it seems
apt-cache policy gsd-housekeepin
N: Unable to locate package gsd-housekeepin
apt-cache policy gsd-housekeeping
N: Unable to locate package gsd-housekeeping
Sample:
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-rtkit-daemon.service-HcUyZY: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-rtkit-daemon.service-HcUyZY': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-fwupd.service-iinX30: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-fwupd.service-iinX30': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-resolved.service-wgHcsA: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-resolved.service-wgHcsA': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-timesyncd.service-1vLCpk: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-timesyncd.service-1vLCpk': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-colord.service-M2su41: Error opening directory '/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-colord.service-M2su41': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-colord.service-zPlm2z: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-colord.service-zPlm2z': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-rtkit-daemon.service-nn8vHs: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-rtkit-daemon.service-nn8vHs': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-fwupd.service-4y9y5r: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-fwupd.service-4y9y5r': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-timesyncd.service-gW3soH: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-timesyncd.service-gW3soH': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-resolved.service-ZGaNqX: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/systemd-private-bdf344a9b3b14e43a062622847c9d2ee-systemd-resolved.service-ZGaNqX': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_FJNyyu/var/cache/ldconfig: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_FJNyyu/var/cache/ldconfig': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_6DHTrf/var/cache/ldconfig: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_6DHTrf/var/cache/ldconfig': Permission denied
Sep 29 06:56:57 computer gsd-housekeepin[2637]: Failed to enumerate children of /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_WgThBv/var/cache/ldconfig: Error opening directory '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_WgThBv/var/cache/ldconfig': Permission denie
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.