Bug#1135901: gdm3: deletes Xorg log file before it can be read
Russell Coker
russell at coker.com.au
Thu May 7 09:52:45 BST 2026
Package: gdm3
Version: 49.2-4
Severity: normal
May 07 16:40:11 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033324]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
May 07 16:40:12 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033382]: (--) Log file renamed from "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-1033382.log" to "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
May 07 16:40:12 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033382]: (==) Log file: "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 16:40:12 2026
May 07 16:40:12 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033382]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
May 07 16:40:13 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033442]: (--) Log file renamed from "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-1033442.log" to "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
May 07 16:40:13 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033442]: (==) Log file: "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 16:40:13 2026
May 07 16:40:13 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033442]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
May 07 16:40:14 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033504]: (--) Log file renamed from "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-1033504.log" to "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
May 07 16:40:14 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033504]: (==) Log file: "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 16:40:14 2026
May 07 16:40:14 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033504]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
May 07 16:40:15 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033563]: (--) Log file renamed from "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-1033563.log" to "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
May 07 16:40:15 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033563]: (==) Log file: "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 16:40:15 2026
May 07 16:40:15 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033563]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter-2/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
May 07 16:40:16 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033646]: (--) Log file renamed from "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-1033646.log" to "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
May 07 16:40:16 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033646]: (==) Log file: "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 16:40:16 2026
May 07 16:40:17 usagi /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[1033646]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
I am getting the bove errors in the logs shown by journalctl, but the logs are
deleted when gdm is stopped.
I expect that when a daemon fails the logs will be left in place so I can work
out why.
# ls -al /run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
ls: cannot access '/run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log': No such file or directory
# ls -al /run/gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/
total 0
drwx------. 2 60578 nogroup 40 May 7 17:11 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 60 May 7 17:11 ..
#
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.0.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/44 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: unable to detect
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 23.13.9-8+b2
ii dbus-bin 1.16.2-4
ii dbus-broker [dbus-system-bus] 37-5
ii dconf-cli 0.49.0-4+b1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.49.0-4+b1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.92
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 49.2-4
ii gnome-session-bin 49.2-3
ii gnome-session-common 49.2-3
ii gnome-settings-daemon 50.1-1
ii gnome-shell 49.5-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 50~alpha-1
ii kitty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.46.2-1
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:26.04.0-1
ii kwin-x11 [x-window-manager] 4:6.5.4-5
ii libaccountsservice0 23.13.9-8+b2
ii libaudit1 1:4.1.2-1+b1
ii libc6 2.42-16
ii libgdm1 49.2-4
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.1-2
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.88.1-2
ii libgudev-1.0-0 238-7+b2
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.10.8+ds-2+b1
ii libkeyutils1 1.6.3-6+b2
ii libnss-systemd 260.1-1
ii libpam-modules 1.7.0-5+b2
ii libpam-runtime 1.7.0-5
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 260.1-1
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-5+b2
ii librsvg2-common 2.62.1+dfsg-1
ii libselinux1 3.10-1
ii libsystemd0 260.1-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.11-1+b2
ii libxcb1 1.17.0-2+b2
ii lxsession [x-session-manager] 0.5.6-3
ii openbox [x-window-manager] 3.6.1-12+b4
ii openbox-lxde-session [x-session-manager] 0.99.3-2
ii plasma-workspace [x-session-manager] 4:6.5.4-3+b2
ii polkitd 127-3
ii procps 2:4.0.4-9+b2
ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 260.1-1
ii systemd-sysv 260.1-1
ii ucf 3.0053
ii x11-common 1:7.7+26
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+11
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
pn at-spi2-core <none>
ii desktop-base 14.0.0~pre3
ii lxsession [x-session-manager] 0.5.6-3
ii openbox [x-session-manager] 3.6.1-12+b4
ii openbox-lxde-session [x-session-manager] 0.99.3-2
ii plasma-workspace [x-session-manager] 4:6.5.4-3+b2
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+9
pn zenity <none>
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn libpam-fprintd <none>
pn libpam-gnome-keyring <none>
pn libpam-pkcs11 <none>
pn libpam-sss <none>
pn orca <none>
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