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=== Enable gnome-session debugging == | |||
The recommended first step for trying to debug issues in GNOME related to various GNOME components is to enable the {{c|debug}} flag in {{c|/usr/bin/gnome-session}}. To do this, edit {{c|/usr/bin/gnome-session}} as root and add the the following option to the end of the last line: {{c|--debug}}: | |||
{{code|body= | |||
exec /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary "$@" --debug | |||
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Then, logging into GNOME will result to debug log messages sent to {{c|/var/log}}. | |||
Revision as of 20:47, August 31, 2020
This page is intended to include 'How-to' style debugging/troubleshooting information for GNOME.
= Enable gnome-session debugging
The recommended first step for trying to debug issues in GNOME related to various GNOME components is to enable the debug flag in /usr/bin/gnome-session. To do this, edit /usr/bin/gnome-session as root and add the the following option to the end of the last line: --debug:
Then, logging into GNOME will result to debug log messages sent to /var/log.