From ca34be33355831bba59281bae1338c974d489966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: foo <foo@bar.org> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:55:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] point user at journal rather than /dev/null --- --- xorg-server-1.16.1/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c.orig 2014-11-02 14:19:01.683239504 +0000 +++ xorg-server-1.16.1/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c 2014-11-02 14:23:40.656377457 +0000 @@ -1142,9 +1142,14 @@ ErrorFSigSafe("\nPlease consult the " XVENDORNAME " support \n\t at " __VENDORDWEBSUPPORT__ "\n for help. \n"); #endif - if (xf86LogFile && xf86LogFileWasOpened) - ErrorFSigSafe("Please also check the log file at \"%s\" for additional " - "information.\n", xf86LogFile); + if (xf86LogFile && xf86LogFileWasOpened) { + if (strcmp(xf86LogFile, "/dev/null") == 0) + ErrorFSigSafe("Please also check `journalctl -b /usr/bin/Xorg` for " + "additional information.\n"); + else + ErrorFSigSafe("Please also check the log file at \"%s\" for additional " + "information.\n", xf86LogFile); + } ErrorFSigSafe("\n"); }