Javier Martinez wrote: > El 17/9/25 a las 1:11, Michael escribió: >> On Tuesday, 16 September 2025 23:25:35 British Summer Time Wol wrote: >>> On 16/09/2025 12:36, Michael wrote: >>>> I had deleted it in the past while I was testing sddm with X and >>>> Wayland >>>> and in both cases the log file was recreated when I logged in again. >>> >>> When you log in, the Xserver by default creates a new log file, >>> something like "~/.Xserver.0.log", and renumbers all the older logs to >>> .1, .2 etc. I think it went up to .9, giving you a maximum of ten >>> log files. >>> >>> So logging out and back in *should* rotate the log for you. >>> >>> I've got a feeling it might be set not to create a new log file if it >>> can't find an old one, so deleting them all *might* stop new ones being >>> created. >>> >>> There's so many weird and wonderful ways these things can be done :-) >>> and XOrg is directly descended from XFree86, which is directly >>> descended >>> from something else, so the code base probably goes back to the 80s - >>> and quite possibly beyond ... I wonder what standard practice was >>> back then! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Wol >> >> The problem Dale came up to and this thread did not involve /var/log/ >> Xorg.0.log, but the sddm created file >> ~/.local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log. > chattr +i ~/.local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log
Then I have another problem. Something is not working right and is being logged. If it can't update the file with the error, I don't know what the problem is. It may not be a big deal now but later on, it could cause a serious problem. It may even stop sddm from working. One of the reasons for my post, to get the file where I can open it. It was so big, I couldn't get anything to let me know what is in the file. What I would really have liked to do, just erase or clear the file and let it start fresh, but much smaller. When I logout and back in next weekend, I hope it recreates the file and puts a little info in it. Then I can see what the problem is and hopefully fix it. If I get a chance, I may even logout and back in before this weekend. I might add, so far just deleting the file has worked. o_O Still, no idea what it is having a problem with. Dale :-) :-)
