In my local installation /var/log/XFree86.0.log contains the log of the X session I am running(which obviously is the local one since I don't access through a network) another possibility would be to redirect the log (if it works in your case) this is what I usually do (I use startx 2>mylog) because I noticed I got a (for me) better log. Lionel --- Markus Schaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which log? My /var/log has the following three log files: > XFree86.0.log XFree86.20.log XFree86.21.log > > The second and third file come from xnest logins (nicely integrated in > gdm). > > > on a local installation it works (kind of > > lousy solution but might help) Lionel > > Even in local installations, it doesn't work. > > It gives you the version of the X server installed as /usr/bin/X11/X (or > wherever in your path it is), whereas the OP wanted to know the version > of the currently running server. One can have more than one X server > installed e. G. on a mixed card multi-head or multi-console machine, or > because he has a 3.X and a 4.X server, or a stable and a development > version. (I don't want to know how many X servers an average X core team > member has on his machines :-) > > You made the silent assumption that it is a local server, and there is > only one. > > I made the silent assumption that "currently running" means the X server > the client connected to. > > The OP was not really exact in his first posting, so both assumptions > were legal. > > Markus > > --
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