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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}}: | 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}}: | ||
{{ | {{file|name=/usr/bin/gnome-session|body= | ||
exec /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary "$@" --debug | exec /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary "$@" --debug | ||
}} | }} | ||
Then, logging into GNOME will result to debug log messages sent to {{c|/var/log}}. | Then, logging into GNOME will result to debug log messages sent to {{c|/var/log}}. | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 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:
/usr/bin/gnome-session exec /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary "$@" --debug
Then, logging into GNOME will result to debug log messages sent to /var/log.