std error

[Todd Chester]

On 11/15/2016 01:15 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:41:37 -0800, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> .xsessions is empty.  Where does xfce 4.12 where redirect client
>> stderr?
> The file name should be .xsession-errors , not .xsessions , since the
> latter could provide a script that runs to initialise a user session,
> IOW it's not a log file.
>
> Usually the display manger redirects the output. If you aren't using a
> display manager you need to do it
>
>    startx 2> ~/.xsession-errors
>
> Assuming you are using a display manager, you need to provide more
> information.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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That is exactly what I needed , thank you!