xorg.0.log repetitive entries

Aaron Plattner aplattner at nvidia.com
Fri Oct 20 17:48:37 UTC 2017


On 10/20/2017 09:30 AM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 20:29 -0300, sawbona at gmx.net wrote:
> 
>> For example, these lines accounting for the mode setting of each one
>> of my three monitors:
>>
>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:1280x1024"
>> (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "DFP-0:1280x1024"
>> (II) NVIDIA(2): Setting mode "CRT-1:1280x1024"
> 
> I'm pretty sure these messages are printed in response to configuration
> commands issued by the desktop session itself. So if they're being
> printed repeatedly, it's because your DE is doing repeated work.

Either that, or the server is regenerating.

What login manager & desktop environment are you using, and is it 
possible that the session startup is running a few short-lived X clients 
before starting one that will hold the server open?

-- Aaron


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