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So, if I run a program through the menus in gnome-shell, is there a way to view stdout and stderr? Or is there some kind of hack to achieve this functionality?
Or is everything just sent to /dev/null?
bobbaluba
Posted 2013-06-13T04:56:37.883
Reputation: 306
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Usually, gdm/session start-up scripts redirect stderr & stdout to either:
~/.xsession-errors
or
~/.cache/gdm/session.log
With systemd and recent gdm versions, everything is redirected to systemd journal, so one way to get that output is:
journalctl -b _PID=$(pgrep gnome-session)
don_crissti
Posted 2013-06-13T04:56:37.883
Reputation: 2 374
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The command suggested by don_crissti didn't show anything for me, but I just do:
journalctl -f
in a terminal tab that I always leave open (and opens automatically on boot) so I have realtime feedback of all logging from systemd on my computer.
If desired, you can use the match filters from journalctl to limit the noise, but for now I like to have everything at hand.
ufotds
Posted 2013-06-13T04:56:37.883
Reputation: 581
I think gnome-session doesn't necessarily run anymore (I'm on gnome 3.14, because pgrep doesn't find it, though I'm definitely in gnome ;) – ufotds – 2015-02-09T05:09:10.803
@ufotds - it all depends on your particular setup, but on a normal gnome setup it definitely runs (I'm on a vanilla gnome 3.14.2 install and
pgrep gnome-sessionworks fine). – don_crissti – 2015-02-09T10:20:06.650