Bug#202923: /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86: /var/log/XFree86.0.log has no timestamps

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 01:35, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log has no timestamps so one can't tell
> which session it is reporting on.  OK, it is only one session. But
> when X fails and then gets restarted automatically, the old log is
> replaced.  So either add timestamps and keep more than one log.

This is a display manager problem. gdm keeps old logs in
/var/log/XFree86.<display>.log.old .


> Same problem for ~/.xsession-errors
> 
> You see, when X crashes and gets restarted automatically where is one
> too look for what caused it...

Your X session doesn't get restarted automatically, does it?


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