Windowserver.log going nuts

I noticed tonight that my harddrive on my Powerbook G4 (the 1.33 Ghz in my sig) was filling up. I found that my windowserver.log (inside /private/var/log/) was growing up rapidly. In Console, I can see the line:
Nov 14 03:02:40 [4356] (ipc/rcv) invalid name: CGXRunOneServerPass: mach_msg (gServiceSet) failed (last RPC: LaunchAppRequestWithAuditInfo)
over and over and over. Console eventually crashes trying to show all the lines. They are all the same, spaced seconds apart.
Deleting the .log will help, but within an hour, the .log file will eat all my remaing 10GB free up.
What can I do to stop the filling of this log file?

The number in [brackets] should indicate the process ID number (PID) of the process that's generating the error message. You can find out what that process is via ps
<pre class=command>ps -awxp <PID></pre>
Once you know the process that's generating the error you can start to fix it. At the very least you can quit the app, or kill it if it's faceless or otherwise hung:
<pre class=command>kill <PID></pre>
You might try contacting the author of the app to see if they have an updated version available.

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