another interesting video problem VLC won't play dvd- resolved.

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

I found the file you were looking for and attached it.  At least I think it
is the file you were looing for.  I used nautilus to search that portion of
the hard drive where I see what I think are the ubuntu files.  Perhaps I
misunderstand something here.

G

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 14:19 -0400, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > Nautilus does not find a file called (/var/log/Xorg.0.log).
>
> Weird. What do yo see when you list /var/log ?
>
> >  Do you know what directory (is that the linux word?) ...
>
> yes, that's the traditional word. Though graphical file managers like
> Nautilus have started to call it "Folder".
>
> >  ... this file is stored in?
>
> The directory is /var/log. The file is Xorg.0.log
>
> > Perhaps I can find it manually.
>
> Open a terminal and enter "ls /var/log > ~/Desktop/var_log.txt" (without
> the quotes). After that you will have a file called var_log.txt on the
> Desktop. It will contain a list of the content of /var/log. Please
> attach (in case the problem of finding and attaching Xorg.0.log
> persists)
>
> > I asume it opens with a text editor- is that correct?
>
> Yes, that's correct.
>
> > I thought (since I am a fairly basic computer person) you meant for me
> > to execute that file and give the read out.
>
> No, it's a text file that contains log output of the display graphics
> system (Xorg)
>
> > PS I'll stick with gmail until this problem is resolved.  Switching at
> > this point might further compliacate matters.
>
> Sure, no problem.
>
>
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