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| author | David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> | 2012-11-10 08:53:08 +0000 |
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| committer | David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> | 2012-11-10 08:57:04 +0000 |
| commit | 612a144b3ad8378233e7f5ad492111b02e85c184 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f19c39970d0d06482662c87c6ff66d5554c0cdb | |
| parent | b3bb70510b378e5be7b8cf73e2cc62b408475283 (diff) | |
| download | gdm-612a144b3ad8378233e7f5ad492111b02e85c184.tar.gz | |
docs: Correct session log location, bug 688032
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688032
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/C/index.docbook | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/C/index.docbook b/docs/C/index.docbook index ca6c6ee4..a7f1d755 100644 --- a/docs/C/index.docbook +++ b/docs/C/index.docbook @@ -532,14 +532,16 @@ <para> The session output is piped through the GDM daemon to the - <filename>~/.xsession-errors</filename> file. The file is overwritten - on each login, so logging out and logging back into the same user via - GDM will cause any messages from the previous session to be lost. + <filename>~/<replaceable>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</replaceable>/gdm/session.log</filename> + file which usually expands to <filename>~/.cache/gdm/session.log</filename>. + The file is overwritten on each login, so logging out and logging back + into the same user via GDM will cause any messages from the previous + session to be lost. </para> <para> Note that if GDM can not create this file for some reason, then a - fallback file will be created named <filename>~/.xsession-errors.XXXXXXXX</filename> + fallback file will be created named <filename>~/<replaceable>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</replaceable>/gdm/session.log.XXXXXXXX</filename> where the <filename>XXXXXXXX</filename> are some random characters. </para> </sect2> |