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After each time I run vlc on my Ubuntu 24.02 LTS system, I find a binary file named linux_perf_out.bin in the same folder as the video being played.

What generates it? How could I get rid of it?

I tried running vlc through strace, but the trace file did not mention linux_perf_out.bin.

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  • Is perf or a similar performance profiling tool active? can you check that with systemctl list-units | grep perf? Commented Feb 27 at 9:44
  • that's an artifact from Intel's GPU driver development kit, I think? Commented Feb 27 at 11:08
  • > can you check that with systemctl list-units | grep perf -> nothing is displayed, so I presume I don't have such service Commented Mar 1 at 8:48
  • I checked all the packages bearing "perf" in their names, the results are: gperf, perf-tools-unstable, performance-tools, python3-hyperframe and r-cran-performance Commented Mar 1 at 8:50
  • "that's an artifact from Intel's GPU driver development kit" -> yes, I have a i915 "board". % lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-U GT3e [Iris Plus Graphics 655] (rev 01) DeviceName: CPU Subsystem: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-U GT3e [Iris Plus Graphics 655] Kernel driver in use: i915 Commented Mar 1 at 8:58

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