"Unsupported value type" Error on Linux


When using Linux, you may come across an error similar to this spamming your system logs:

Though seemingly harmless, it can take up a lot of disk space if left alone.

This appears to be a graphics issue, and I've found a couple ways to reproduce this error-spamming:

1. GNOME 3 and GNOME Compiz

Certain desktop environments can cause this error - for me, it was GNOME 3 and GNOME Classic (Compiz).

With this cause, the error would just be a constant spam no matter what was happening on the computer.

Unsupported Value Type Error Linux

The solution in my case was to use Unity (Ubuntu) or GNOME Classic (Metacity). If those do not solve it I would recommend checking others out too.

You can get the classic GNOME environments (it comes with both Compiz and Metacity versions) from the gnome-session-flashback package.

2. Certain GUI Applications

Another way the error could spam is when using some GUI applications.

The error appeared for me when I was using the browser Brave. I found (using tail -f /var/log/systemlog) The error would spam when making mouse movements over page elements.

Unsupported Value Type Error on Cursor Move

It's assumed this was because of the custom UI that Brave has - I could not find a way to stop it, and used an alternative browser.

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