On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 04:50:39PM -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:50:39 -0700 > From: Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Mail-Followup-To: Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Where goes the console output of X programs? > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 10:51:27PM +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > > > > > Where does the output that X programs dump in the console? I do not have > > an .xsession-errors file or anything... > > It can be different for each process. > > Look at /proc/NNNN for the process of interest. > > Since the first three file are standard in (0), out (1), err (2) > > $ ls -l /proc/26670/fd > total 8 > lr-x------ 1 mitch mitch 64 Sep 30 16:36 0 -> /dev/null > l-wx------ 1 mitch mitch 64 Sep 30 16:36 1 -> pipe:[14054] > l-wx------ 1 mitch mitch 64 Sep 30 16:36 2 -> pipe:[14054] > lrwx------ 1 mitch mitch 64 Sep 30 16:36 3 -> socket:[203653] > > So in this case the out and err are tossed into a FIFO > that is not inspected. Use "lsof" to see what plays with the pipe... BTW if the "Run in terminal" box is check (see right mouse --> properties) for a desktop icon the console/terminal output has a place to go and be observed. Useful for debugging.... -- T o m M i t c h e l l Me, I would "Rather" Not.
