Description of problem: Due to a bug in systemd-logind, gnome-session got some invalid utf-8. It is attempting to log it, without escaping it. systemd bugs notwithstanding, gnome-shell should not propagate the brokenness even further. Wed 2013-10-30 11:50:01.835991 EDT [s=1c7b2be105ab4673926b729892543199;i=57af;b=9071b253adae4966aedd1fab137cf8c8;m=b4 _UID=42 _GID=42 _CAP_EFFECTIVE=0 _SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID=42 _SYSTEMD_SLICE=user-42.slice _BOOT_ID=9071b253adae4966aedd1fab137cf8c8 _MACHINE_ID=5833158886a8445e801d437313d25eff _HOSTNAME=bupkis PRIORITY=6 _TRANSPORT=stdout _PID=939 _COMM=gnome-session _EXE=/usr/bin/gnome-session _CMDLINE=/usr/bin/gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart _SYSTEMD_CGROUP=/user.slice/user-42.slice/session-c1.scope _SYSTEMD_SESSION=c1 _SYSTEMD_UNIT=session-c1.scope _SELINUX_CONTEXT=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=gnome-session MESSAGE=/run/systemd/sessions/c1:15: invalid UTF-8 for key SERVICE: 'p<B7>B<87>Q^?', ignoring. And /run/systemd/sessions/c1 is really borked: # This is private data. Do not parse. UID=42 USER=gdm ACTIVE=0 STATE=opening REMOTE=0 TYPE=x11 CLASS=greeter SCOPE=fBQ SCOPE_JOB=/run/systemd/sessions/.c1XKe57k FIFO=/run/systemd/sessions/c1.ref SEAT=seat-usb-pci-0000_00_1d_0-usb-0_1_2 DISPLAY=ЮBQ SERVICE=p·BQ LEADER=932 REALTIME=1382371175300355 MONOTONIC=23434796 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-session-3.10.1-1.fc20.x86_64
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