#782011 lightdm should log to systemd journal

Package:
lightdm
Source:
lightdm
Description:
simple display manager
Submitter:
Chris Bainbridge
Date:
2015-08-22 07:15:12 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#782011#5
Date:
2015-04-06 13:13:27 UTC
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gdm3 now puts the Xorg log in systemd journal (a Debian specific patch
from bug #765771 also keeps the old style logs).

It would be nice for consistency if lightdm also logged Xorg to the
system journal, otherwise users might be confused as to why a command
like `journalctl /usr/bin/Xorg` does not work on some Debian desktops.
#782011#12
Date:
2015-08-22 05:31:33 UTC
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control: tag -1 upstream wontfix

That's something for upstream anyway.

But I personnaly don't see why lightdm should specifically log to
journalct actually. Maybe it should log stuff to syslog directly, but I
don't think depending on journalctl is the right thing to do.

Regards,
#782011#19
Date:
2015-08-22 07:08:44 UTC
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That's what I meant. At the moment, lightdm opens and manages log
files directly. It would be better to use syslog (or even
stdout/stderr) so it the logs are incorporated in to the system
journal. e.g. http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/journal-submit.html