On Wednesday November 11 2009 08:44:22 Ed Greshko wrote: > Dj YB wrote: > > On Wednesday November 11 2009 00:55:45 Ed Greshko wrote: > >> Tim wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 22:26 +0200, Dj YB wrote: > >>>> many times it happens to me that while working, suddenly the session > >>>> just end and I get the kde welcome screen. > >>>> I have tried to look for a way to understand what triggers this but > >>>> with no luck, I have no idea where to look, what file logs this kind > >>>> of events, how can I see what program/process caused the logout...? > >>> > >>> Hint: ls /var/log/Xorg* > >>> > >>> If it bombed out while you were idle, the usual suspect is a screen > >>> saver (a buggy one, or one finding a bug in your graphics driver). > >> > >> In addition, I had a power supply go wonky that ended up being the > >> culprit. > > > > well, i am pretty curtain my power supply is good, but say I want to be > > sure as to what caused the logout, where can I see which process \ > > application triggered it? > > thanks > > The point being made it that it is quite unlikely that a conventional, > controlled logout has occurred. Chances are good that the X server > crashed or gdm crashed. Those things that crash will not bring down the > system but they will get restarted and present you with a login screen. > This may lead you to conclude something logged you out. > > Did you check the log as Tim suggested? > yes, I didn't understand much what should i look for? thanks -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
