I seriously doubt this logfile has been created by xinit or startx. IIRC gnome writes the X logfile there for the Xserver which is being used for the usersession itself (gdm greeter uses its own Xserver or Wayland).
Well, I would have hoped people have stopped using xinit/startx nowadays given that we no longer support it since decades. :-( Just use a proper displaymanager like gdm, sddm, lightdm, xdm like everyone is doing and you'll be happy. Even sound and access to nvidia devices for 3D rendering will just work ...
Just gonna step off topic here for a second... this type of behavior is ridiculous. If you're not helping, don't post.
Unfortunately, startx does not work without setuid root since many years. I'm amazed that it worked for you without doing it. Rather you did the change and forgot, or somebody else did it for you. Or you loged in as root, or some unknown bug.
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