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Richard Kettlewell <
invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
bp@www.zefox.net writes:
>> Lately I`ve been having trouble with Bookworm, on both a Pi5
>> and a Pi2B (32 bit), in which the Raspberry menu is used to
>> launch applications but seemingly nothing happens. No error
>> message pops up, it`s as if I never even tried. Presumably
>> something had a fatal error, but where should I look for
>> the epitaph?
>>
>> This happens most often with Firefox and Chromium browsers,
>> but occasionally happens with things like LX Terminal, which
>> I`d expect to be more robust.
>>
>> There doesn`t seem to be a /var/log/messages, as I`m accustomed
>> to checking, and ISTR Windows used a dedicated application for
>> watching system messages. Is there such a beast in Bookworm?
>
> Standard error from applications launched from the desktop historically
> (and at least to some extent, still) goes to a file in your home
> directory. Watch it with:
>
> tail -f ~/.xsession-errors
>
> Some things log to the user journal:
>
> journalctl --user --follow
>
> Depending on the cause of the problem the kernel log may also be
> informative:
>
> journalctl --dmesg --follow
>
Thank you very much!!
bob prohaska
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