This is a mistake in 4.19.1 that we fixed in 4.19.2:
https://i3wm.org/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-4.19.2.txt
It’s unfortunate that 4.19.2 did not make it into Debian.
On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 16:39, arctic noise <g67...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: i3-wm
> Version: 4.19.1-1
> Severity: minor
>
> According to i3 manual it has debugging disabled by default:
>
> > --shmlog-size <limit> Limits the size of the i3 SHM log to
> <limit> bytes. Setting this to 0 disables SHM logging entirely. The
> default is 0 bytes.
>
> Also, as I can see, debug and non-debug versions have different xsession
> files:
>
> >> grep ^Exec /usr/share/xsessions/i3*
> > /usr/share/xsessions/i3.desktop:Exec=i3
> > /usr/share/xsessions/i3-with-shmlog.desktop:Exec=i3-with-shmlog
>
> However, i3-with-shmlog is an alias to i3, so both xsession files refers
> to the same executable file with the same parameters:
>
> >> ls -l $(which i3-with-shmlog)
> >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Feb 7 2021 /usr/bin/i3-with-shmlog -> i3
>
> /dev/shm/i3-logs-${pid} file is present after every launch, so the
> debugging is enabled by default.
>
> I think it is better to disable debugging by default, remote the
> symbolic link and use "--shmlog-size" option in "Exec" field for
> i3-with-shmlog.desktop
>
> I am using debian 11 with all the latest updates, no packages from
> unofficial or testing repositories
>
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Best regards,
Michael
