#1135901 gdm3: deletes Xorg log file before it can be read

Package:
gdm3
Source:
gdm3
Description:
GNOME Display Manager
Submitter:
Russell Coker
Date:
2026-05-07 08:55:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1135901#5
Date:
2026-05-07 08:52:45 UTC
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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 ..
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