on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:26:45PM -0700, Aaron Maxwell (amaxwell@phy.ucsf.edu) wrote: > You know how when the X server starts with startx, it prints text to the > screen and more text to /var/log/XFree86.0.log? Is there a way I can > make either or both more verbose (e.g. a debugging option)? > > Last night when I apt-updated my sid box, it replaced some of the X > libraries. Today my X server won't start, but the messages emitted > aren't cluing me in. > > FWIW, here's the tail of XFree86.0.log (the console output of startx is > the exact same, minus a few lines): > > from XFree86.0.log: > (**) Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse" > (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "IntelliMouse" > (**) Option "CorePointer" > (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > (==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3 > (**) Option "BaudRate" "1200" > (**) Mouse1: BaudRate: 1200 > (II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) man XFree86 suggests '-logverbose' and '-verbose'. You can also run 'strace' on any binary to see system calls traced. This tends to be reasonably verbose. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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