Xorg should keep more rotated logs
Bug #274870 reported by
Chris Jones
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg-server (Debian) |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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| xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Currently Xorg keeps only its current log and old older one. While this is normally fine, there are situations where logs from a failed run can disappear (e.g. the first run wedges your graphics hardware, so the subsequent runs from GDM fail for different reasons and leave unhelpful logs. GDM tries several times, so the original log will be lost).
While that is indeed a rare corner case, given how small they are, I think it's probably worth keeping 5 or 6 old logs. There may be other situations where being able to compare several runs, or pull an error out of an older log, are useful.
| Changed in xorg-server: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Revision history for this message
| Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in xorg-server: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
Revision history for this message
| Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in xorg-server: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
| Changed in xorg-server: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in xorg-server (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
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Hi cmsj,
Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.