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3 LawrenceDoliveiro 1 The file <tt>.xsession-errors</tt> in your home directory contains anything written to Standard Error by GUI-based programs launched from a desktop environment. If such a program crashes or fails to start, it can be useful to look at the last few lines in this file to see if any messages shed light on the problem:
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2 IanMcDonald 3 <verbatim>
1 LawrenceDoliveiro 4 less ~/.xsession-errors
2 IanMcDonald 5 </verbatim>
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3 LawrenceDoliveiro 7 Note this only applies to GUI programs ''launched from a desktop environment'' (e.g. from desktop menus or icons). GUI-based programs launched from a terminal session will normally write their errors back to that terminal session, unless you redirect them.
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9 __Availability__: present under all modern Linux distros.