Gerry Tool wrote: > The past two days, when I return to my computer after being away - > probably >= 1/2 hr, I find the login screen greeting me. Since I > don't see it happen, I don;t know if the computer is rebooting or if X > is restarting. > > Does anyone else experience this? > > What should I look for in what log file to get a clue? > > Thanks. > > Gerry > If you look in /var/log/messages, you will see a definite sequence when the machine boots. It will start something like: Dec 4 12:05:21 mikkel syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Dec 4 12:05:21 mikkel kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Dec 4 12:05:21 mikkel kernel: Linux version 2.6.22.9-61.fc6 (brewbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dec 4 12:05:21 mikkel kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: That gives you a quick check to see if the machine is rebooting. To see if X is restarting, the timestamp on /var/log/Xorg.0.log can be helpful, as well as any messages in /var/log/messages. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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