Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
When X crashes, Xorg.0.log gets moved to Xorg.0.log.old. However, when
the crash leaves hardware state such that the X gdm restarts is not
usable, a system reset is needed to recover. This causes a new X session
on the new bootup, moving Xorg.0.log over the Xorg.0.log.old of the
crashed X server, hiding useful debugging details.
Several things would help here. If X exits non-zero, backing up the log
to a different name such as Xorg.0.log.failed would mean that non-
erroring X sessions after the failure wouldn't trash the useful
debugging details. Alternatively, or as well, storing several versions
rather than current and old would make aid recovery (when X isn't
rapidly respawning).
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xserver logs overwritten preventing debugging
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192736
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