Is it possible to get error log-files for each part of the system to make it easier to see what the error really is?

For instance

/var/log/x11/
/var/log/drakx11/
/var/log/gnome/gnome-do

Today........... some unrelated messages get written in the wrong place.

For an apprentice it'll be easier to find the error-message if they go to the functions or programs directory in /var/log to read the info.