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...
Well, I was hoping of a more general solution, like having a log of everything that any X client dumps to the console on a given session (a /var/log/messages alike for X).
If X crashes I just can't go out and grab some client's console... (I don't even know the culprit then).
Carlos Rodrigues
