https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:05:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/In order to fill in a proper bug report, I am trying to follow http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging-release-version.html to enable logging. Now I'm stuck because I do not have an ~/.xsession file. Where is the place where I could specify i3 command line arguments on Ubuntu 12.04?Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:01:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?comment=637#comment-637Not familiar with Ubuntu anymore, but you should have a look at your display manager. It used to be gdm back in the day, but I received word that that might be lightdm nowadays. Good luck :) Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:48:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?comment=637#comment-637https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?answer=640#post-id-640Check this thread: [faq.i3wm.org/question/80/how-to-enable-logs-in-ubuntu/](http://faq.i3wm.org/question/80/how-to-enable-logs-in-ubuntu/)Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:30:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?answer=640#post-id-640https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?comment=669#comment-669thanks, this works: created a new ~/.xinitrc with these contents and restarted: #!/bin/bash exec /usr/bin/i3 -V -d all >~/i3log-$(date +'%F-%k-%M-%S') 2>&1Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:05:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/634/how-do-i-enable-i3-logging-on-ubuntu/?comment=669#comment-669