Bug 485230 - Show the Wayland error log of ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log
Summary: Show the Wayland error log of ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: KSystemLog
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 22.12.3
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nicolas Ternisien
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Keywords: wayland-only
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Reported: 2024-04-08 12:00 UTC by myndstream
Modified: 2024-04-11 16:01 UTC (History)
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Description myndstream 2024-04-08 12:00:14 UTC 
SUMMARY
Please add the logs of ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log

Most users don't know these logs exist which is one of the reasons for why such a GUI is useful.

This is especially needed with the improved support for Wayland in Debian12.

I don't know if there are any Wayland logs elsewhere but if so they should be included as well.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. On Debian12/KDE try to view a GUI filterable & searchable log of Wayland errors 

OBSERVED RESULT
Not included in KSystemlog while X11 logs are included

EXPECTED RESULT
Included by default in KSystemlog with a header like "Wayland logs"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This is a very useful underrated tool which has a lot of potential but needs some more work to become so useful to be really used a lot.

This bug is related and solving this issue here would address half of it: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447769
Comment 1 myndstream 2024-04-11 16:01:45 UTC 
I don't know why that file is empty so maybe something else needs to be done first. Where are the wayland logs?