The last Xorg.0.log file I have is from Dec 1, 2017 in /var/log/
I'm on Archlinux using i3wm.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root xtian 36K Dec 1 2017 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root xtian 34K Nov 9 2017 Xorg.0.log.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root xtian 37K Nov 29 2017 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bumblebee 13K Nov 22 2017 Xorg.8.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bumblebee 13K Nov 13 2017 Xorg.8.log.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bumblebee 13K Nov 18 2017 Xorg.8.log.old
- dmesg doesn't have any instance of
Xorg.0.log - journalctl has a record of me moving Xorg.0.log to the .bak file in Nov, but that's about it.
This was a new install in September 2017(?) on Lenovo W541. This laptop has Nvidia and built in Intel graphics, and I was having a lot of trouble with backlight that was too bright using Nvidia. I'm using only the Intel.
Troubleshooting a Multihead setup, I just noticed today that Xorg.o.log hasn't been written since last year.
How do I go about troubleshooting this to get the log file back in order?
Best Answer
As per the Arch Wiki, your log is in
$HOME/.local/share/xorg/: