[derekos]

Hi guys, I just noticed that X is not writing logs to XOrg.0.log, or anywhere else. If I run X myself from the command line - it does write a log.

I am trying to update xorg.conf with the proper settings to get the correct framerates on playback - and not having the log file makes this difficult.

I was wondering if it was a permission issue - with the user who calls X not have write permission. I did a chmod 777 but that didn't solve it.

Any ideas on why would be much appreciated.

== I am running the latest pre-eden on Ubuntu 11.04, after upgrading from the XBMC-LIVE 10.1 available on the main site. So it probably got botched while doing the distribution updgrades. Everything else works flawlessly and the upgrades went smooth.

[pumkinut]

What video chipset?
Where are you looking for the log file?
What exactly are you trying to do?

[derekos]

Nvidia chipset. I am looking at /var/log/xorg.0.log.

I want to see what x is dropping to the log file so I can get the correct modelines in my xorg.conf.

Thanks!

[pumkinut]

Hmm, just checked my ATV install of XBMC and the Xorg.0.log file is where it should be. What does ls -l show for /var/log? What are the file permissions for /var/log/xorg.0.log? Mine's showing as only root having write permissions.

Not sure what the problem is, just kind of shooting in the dark. You could always try removing and reinstalling X (not the best suggestion, I know).

[derekos]

I did a chmod of 777 so, it looks like this:

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 539 2011-10-17 00:44 /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I was thinking about re-installing X. Is it as simple as an apt-get install x or am I going to get myself into something really hairy?

I did see that the latest pre-eden has an option change the refresh rate inside of XBMC itself. I wonder if that option accomplishes the same thing at this post: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70068 ?

[pumkinut]

To reinstall you'd perform and apt-get remove x and then a reinstall. If you just perform an apt-get install x, if it's already at the latest version, it won't do anything. As for the permissions on the file, only root should have write access.

[derekos]

SOLVED - Discovered (by looking at ~/.xession-errors) ..

(++) Log file: "/tmp/Xorg.0.xbmc.log", Time: Thu Oct 20 23:50:37 2011

So the log file was unexpectedly located in /tmp instead of /var/log