The current .xsession-errors is just the combined stdout/stderr of all the processes running in the session. This just matches the legacy behaviour. The display manager doesn't know about each process so it can't do any timestamping on them. The trend seems to be for the init system (upstart / systemd) to provide better logging for processes.
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** Also affects: lightdm Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lightdm Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088343 Title: please timestamp entries in .xsession-errors Status in Light Display Manager: Won't Fix Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Please timestamp log entries made into ~/.xsession-errors, this is very important information. References: bug 285787 http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2010/08/msg00043.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1088343/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp