Error reading .xsession-errors
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I am having trouble reading .xsession-errors
I have tried ~/.xsession-errors and cat ~/.xsession-errors
All result in permission denied
I use Ubuntu 16.04
When I type this command in...
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors
This is the output...
f: /home/mikulis/.xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x root root /
drwxr-xr-x root root home
drwx——— mikulis mikulis mikulis
-rw———- root root .xsession-errors
16.04
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I am having trouble reading .xsession-errors
I have tried ~/.xsession-errors and cat ~/.xsession-errors
All result in permission denied
I use Ubuntu 16.04
When I type this command in...
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors
This is the output...
f: /home/mikulis/.xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x root root /
drwxr-xr-x root root home
drwx——— mikulis mikulis mikulis
-rw———- root root .xsession-errors
16.04
asked 9 hours ago
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Please edit your question to include the output ofnamei -l ~/.xsession-errors
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable byroot(usually a result of doing something ill-advised likesudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean thatsudo cat ~/.xsession-errorswould work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e.sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errorsand report back please
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errorsresults inXsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0
– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when Icat xsession-errors.oldI receiveupstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log
– Eric
9 hours ago
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I am having trouble reading .xsession-errors
I have tried ~/.xsession-errors and cat ~/.xsession-errors
All result in permission denied
I use Ubuntu 16.04
When I type this command in...
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors
This is the output...
f: /home/mikulis/.xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x root root /
drwxr-xr-x root root home
drwx——— mikulis mikulis mikulis
-rw———- root root .xsession-errors
16.04
asked 9 hours ago
EricEric
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I am having trouble reading .xsession-errors
I have tried ~/.xsession-errors and cat ~/.xsession-errors
All result in permission denied
I use Ubuntu 16.04
When I type this command in...
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors
This is the output...
f: /home/mikulis/.xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x root root /
drwxr-xr-x root root home
drwx——— mikulis mikulis mikulis
-rw———- root root .xsession-errors
16.04
16.04
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Please edit your question to include the output ofnamei -l ~/.xsession-errors
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable byroot(usually a result of doing something ill-advised likesudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean thatsudo cat ~/.xsession-errorswould work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e.sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errorsand report back please
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errorsresults inXsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0
– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when Icat xsession-errors.oldI receiveupstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log
– Eric
9 hours ago
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Please edit your question to include the output ofnamei -l ~/.xsession-errors
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable byroot(usually a result of doing something ill-advised likesudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean thatsudo cat ~/.xsession-errorswould work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e.sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errorsand report back please
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errorsresults inXsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0
– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when Icat xsession-errors.oldI receiveupstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log
– Eric
9 hours ago
Please edit your question to include the output of
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Please edit your question to include the output of
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors– steeldriver
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable by
root (usually a result of doing something ill-advised like sudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean that sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors would work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e. sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errors and report back please– steeldriver
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable by
root (usually a result of doing something ill-advised like sudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean that sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors would work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e. sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errors and report back please– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors results in Xsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0– Eric
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors results in Xsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when I
cat xsession-errors.old I receive upstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when I
cat xsession-errors.old I receive upstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log– Eric
9 hours ago
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Please edit your question to include the output of
namei -l ~/.xsession-errors– steeldriver
9 hours ago
What does it all mean? How do we fix it?
– Eric
9 hours ago
It seems to indicate that the file is owned and only readable by
root(usually a result of doing something ill-advised likesudo startx) while the directories above are OK. However that should mean thatsudo cat ~/.xsession-errorswould work, so perhaps there's something else wrong? Regardless, start by trying to fix the ownership i.e.sudo chown mikulis:mikulis ~/.xsession-errorsand report back please– steeldriver
9 hours ago
Sudo cat ~/.xsession-errorsresults inXsession: X session started for root localuser:root being added to access control list openConnection: connect: no such file or directory cannot connect to brltty at :0– Eric
9 hours ago
I also found another xsessions file .xsession-errors.old and when I
cat xsession-errors.oldI receiveupstart: Failed to write to log file /home/mikulis/.cache/upstart/unity7.log– Eric
9 hours ago