Florian Kulzer([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 13:01:49 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Florian Kulzer([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 17:56:50 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > > > > [ big snip of OP] > > > > > > This is interesting. I do not have the /etc/X11/xserver directory at > > > > all! > > > > > > > > Would appreciate it if someone with a working xorg could tell me which > > > > package > > > > contains the '/etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy' file. > > > > > > The SecurityPolicy file on my system seems to have come from the old > > > xserver-common package (6.9.0.dfsg.1-6). The new xserver-xorg package > > > replaces xserver-common, but the SecurityPolicy was left in place during > > > the upgrade; it is obviously treated as a configuration file. You can > > > extract the file from the old package with "dpkg-deb -X". If you do not > > > have the package in your apt archives anymore you can download it to > > > some temporary directory with "aptitude download"; this can be done as a > > > normal user and it does not change your installation. > > > > > > My permissions are as follows: > > > > > > $ ls -ld /etc/X11/xserver/ > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-04-05 13:28 /etc/X11/xserver/ > > > > > > $ ls -l /etc/X11/xserver/ > > > total 4 > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2925 2004-04-28 20:20 SecurityPolicy > > > > Thanks for this Florian, you have moved me one step further. > > As a quick test I created /etc/X11/xserver/ and only touched > > SecurityPolicy. the permissions match yours. > > > > > > Now all users can log into X!!!! SecurityPolicy, is empty! > > > > I've seen some strange problems with upgrades to unstable but this > > xorg7 upgrade in etch was the strangest yet. > > > > I still see some odd messages, such as > > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, removing from > > list! > > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from > > list! > > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/, removing from > > list! > > > > The TTF,OTF,CID paths are not in the xorg.conf list of fonts so _something_ > > else is is looking for those fonts and throwing that error. > > > > So, all in all, xorg is finally working, thanks to you Florian. You > > provided > > all the missing links to get me going. Thank you! > > > > Oh, and I changed the permissions back to what they should be on /var/log, > > and it continues to work. > > Good to know that creating an empty file is enough as a quick fix. > However, it is probably better to do the following: > > $ mkdir ~/xservertmp > $ cd ~/xservertmp > $ aptitude download xserver-common > $ dpkg-deb -X xserver-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb . > $ su > # mkdir /etc/X11/xserver > # cp ./etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy /etc/X11/xserver/ > # chown root:root /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy > # exit > $ cd ~ > $ rm -rf ~/xservertmp >
Slight modification aptitude download xserver-common/testing otherwise the stable version will be downloaded, not xserver-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-6_i386.deb Thanks, downloading now. Wayne > The bug has been reported already: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=362246 > > -- > Regards, > Florian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
