Quick Start Guide

Table A.2: Log Files
DescriptionLog File
Messages from the desktop applications
currently running.
~/.xsession-errors
Log les from AppArmor, see
Part “Conning Privileges with App-
/var/log/apparmor/
Armor” (↑Security Guide) for detailed
information.
Messages from the kernel reported
during the boot process.
/var/log/boot.msg
Messages from the mail system.
/var/log/mail.*
Ongoing messages from the kernel and
system log daemon (when running).
/var/log/messages
Log le from NetworkManager to collect
problems with network connectivity
/var/log/NetworkManager
Directory containing Samba server and
client log messages.
/var/log/samba/
Hardware messages from the SaX dis-
play and KVM system.
/var/log/SaX.log
All messages from the kernel and sys-
tem log daemon with the “warning”
level or higher.
/var/log/warn
Binary le containing user login records
for the current machine session. View
it with last.
/var/log/wtmp
Various start-up and runtime logs from
the X Window system. It is useful for
debugging failed X start-ups.
/var/log/Xorg.*.log
Directory containing YaST's actions and
their results.
/var/log/YaST2/
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