/etc/X11/Xsession places ERRFILE into users home directory which conflicts with possible HDD power saving settings by causing occasional writes done by logging misbehaving apps/drivers. The Xsession has provisions for placing it into /tmp but that path is only taken if users home directory is unwritable. This slight oversight is easily fixed by relocating the default ERRFILE into /tmp.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: x11-common 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jun 10 19:05:57 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.X11.Xsession: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.X11.Xsession: 2012-06-06T15:12:36.927296
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