Xorg.0.log has moved [SOLVED]

rickj · Last edited by rickj on Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:57 pm; edited 1 time in total

Unaccountably, my Xorg.0.log in /var/log is way out of date. The current one is found in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log. This is true of at least two systems i maintain.

Is this something odd in my configuration? Have I missed a trick here?

dmpogo · Advocate Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 2993 Location: Canada

rickj · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:39 pm Post subject:

Indeed I did. I have habitually started X as a user, these many years, but have always in the past found a current /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Something must have changed.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:49 pm Post subject:

rickj,

Xorg used to run as root. It had the suid bit set. That's still an option if you build it with USE=suid
It still needs to be root for some of the setup. Now, by default, that's managed by systemd or elogind.

See the news item.

rickj · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:57 pm Post subject:

Ah, right, thank you Neddy Seagoon. I missed the implication of that change.