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| author | George Lebl <jirka@5z.com> | 2003-08-25 23:37:55 +0000 |
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| committer | George Lebl <jirka@src.gnome.org> | 2003-08-25 23:37:55 +0000 |
| commit | 473e7df614fde796b767a820916f5583d4eeb9a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 28aaa0fd0bc84da82a74608ad98586aae48fc123 /docs | |
| parent | 5e5addf03e94bfe3b56e60f19c2f628e4d395dd9 (diff) | |
| download | gdm-473e7df614fde796b767a820916f5583d4eeb9a1.tar.gz | |
if we can't use the file ~/.xsession-errors, try /tmp/xses-<user>.XXXXXX
Mon Aug 25 16:27:09 2003 George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>
* daemon/slave.c, daemon/errorgui.c, daemon/gdm.h, daemon/display.c:
if we can't use the file ~/.xsession-errors, try
/tmp/xses-<user>.XXXXXX using mkstemp.
* docs/C/gdm.xml: update
* NEWS: update
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/C/gdm.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/C/gdm.xml b/docs/C/gdm.xml index 1a574902..26c1021b 100644 --- a/docs/C/gdm.xml +++ b/docs/C/gdm.xml @@ -546,8 +546,7 @@ script. As is usually done. If the user session lasted less then 10 seconds, GDM assumes that the session crashed and allows the user to view this file in a dialog before returning to the login screen. - Also if the session being started is one of the failsafe session, this - file is not created. This way the user can view the session errors from + This way the user can view the session errors from the last session and correct the problem this way. </para> @@ -579,6 +578,14 @@ </para> <para> + Note that if the session is a failsafe session, or if GDM can't open + this file for some reason, then a fallback file will be created in the + <filename>/tmp</filename> directory named + <filename>/tmp/xses-<user>.XXXXXX</filename> where the + <filename>XXXXXX</filename> are some random characters. + </para> + + <para> If you run a system with quotas set, it would be good to delete the <filename>~/.xsession-errors</filename> in the <filename>PostSession</filename> script. Such that this log file |